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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Where did freeipdb IP utility site go?
On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 12:40:59PM -0400, Barry Shein wrote: > I know postgresql has an ipv6 type but I was hoping for something more > portable. I am a PostgreSQL weenie, I admit, but if you can at all use it, I strongly suggest you use the inet and cidr datatypes in PostgreSQL for this. Alternatives often give up the data rigour that you get from a datatype. Portability is often a target that forces you to give up all the nice features that you got when you chose your RDBMS. I suppose in other systems, you could put a trigger on a varchar() or whatever field that would validate the address on the way in. That's what I'd do if I had to give up the datatype. A -- Andrew Sullivan 204-4141 Yonge Street Afilias Canada Toronto, Ontario Canada <[email protected]> M2P 2A8 jabber: [email protected] +1 416 646 3304 x4110
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