9.12. Network Address Functions and Operators

The IP network address types, cidr and inet, support the usual comparison operators shown in Table 9.1 as well as the specialized operators and functions shown in Table 9.39 and Table 9.40.

Any cidr value can be cast to inet implicitly; therefore, the operators and functions shown below as operating on inet also work on cidr values. (Where there are separate functions for inet and cidr, it is because the behavior should be different for the two cases.) Also, it is permitted to cast an inet value to cidr. When this is done, any bits to the right of the netmask are silently zeroed to create a valid cidr value.

Table 9.39. IP Address Operators

Operator

Description

Example(s)

inet << inetboolean

Is subnet strictly contained by subnet? This operator, and the next four, test for subnet inclusion. They consider only the network parts of the two addresses (ignoring any bits to the right of the netmasks) and determine whether one network is identical to or a subnet of the other.

inet '192.168.1.5' << inet '192.168.1/24't

inet '192.168.0.5' << inet '192.168.1/24'f

inet '192.168.1/24' << inet '192.168.1/24'f

inet <<= inetboolean

Is subnet contained by or equal to subnet?

inet '192.168.1/24' <<= inet '192.168.1/24't

inet >> inetboolean

Does subnet strictly contain subnet?

inet '192.168.1/24' >> inet '192.168.1.5't

inet >>= inetboolean

Does subnet contain or equal subnet?

inet '192.168.1/24' >>= inet '192.168.1/24't

inet && inetboolean

Does either subnet contain or equal the other?

inet '192.168.1/24' && inet '192.168.1.80/28't

inet '192.168.1/24' && inet '192.168.2.0/28'f

~ inetinet

Computes bitwise NOT.

~ inet '192.168.1.6'63.87.254.249

inet & inetinet

Computes bitwise AND.

inet '192.168.1.6' & inet '0.0.0.255'0.0.0.6

inet | inetinet

Computes bitwise OR.

inet '192.168.1.6' | inet '0.0.0.255'192.168.1.255

inet + bigintinet

Adds an offset to an address.

inet '192.168.1.6' + 25192.168.1.31

bigint + inetinet

Adds an offset to an address.

200 + inet '::ffff:fff0:1'::ffff:255.240.0.201

inet - bigintinet

Subtracts an offset from an address.

inet '192.168.1.43' - 36192.168.1.7

inet - inetbigint

Computes the difference of two addresses.

inet '192.168.1.43' - inet '192.168.1.19'24

inet '::1' - inet '::ffff:1'-4294901760


Table 9.40. IP Address Functions

Function

Description

Example(s)

abbrev ( inet ) → text

Creates an abbreviated display format as text. (The result is the same as the inet output function produces; it is abbreviated only in comparison to the result of an explicit cast to text, which for historical reasons will never suppress the netmask part.)

abbrev(inet '10.1.0.0/32')10.1.0.0

abbrev ( cidr ) → text

Creates an abbreviated display format as text. (The abbreviation consists of dropping all-zero octets to the right of the netmask; more examples are in Table 8.22.)

abbrev(cidr '10.1.0.0/16')10.1/16

broadcast ( inet ) → inet

Computes the broadcast address for the address's network.

broadcast(inet '192.168.1.5/24')192.168.1.255/24

family ( inet ) → integer

Returns the address's family: 4 for IPv4, 6 for IPv6.

family(inet '::1')6

host ( inet ) → text

Returns the IP address as text, ignoring the netmask.

host(inet '192.168.1.0/24')192.168.1.0

hostmask ( inet ) → inet

Computes the host mask for the address's network.

hostmask(inet '192.168.23.20/30')0.0.0.3

inet_merge ( inet, inet ) → cidr

Computes the smallest network that includes both of the given networks.

inet_merge(inet '192.168.1.5/24', inet '192.168.2.5/24')192.168.0.0/22

inet_same_family ( inet, inet ) → boolean

Tests whether the addresses belong to the same IP family.

inet_same_family(inet '192.168.1.5/24', inet '::1')f

masklen ( inet ) → integer

Returns the netmask length in bits.

masklen(inet '192.168.1.5/24')24

netmask ( inet ) → inet

Computes the network mask for the address's network.

netmask(inet '192.168.1.5/24')255.255.255.0

network ( inet ) → cidr

Returns the network part of the address, zeroing out whatever is to the right of the netmask. (This is equivalent to casting the value to cidr.)

network(inet '192.168.1.5/24')192.168.1.0/24

set_masklen ( inet, integer ) → inet

Sets the netmask length for an inet value. The address part does not change.

set_masklen(inet '192.168.1.5/24', 16)192.168.1.5/16

set_masklen ( cidr, integer ) → cidr

Sets the netmask length for a cidr value. Address bits to the right of the new netmask are set to zero.

set_masklen(cidr '192.168.1.0/24', 16)192.168.0.0/16

text ( inet ) → text

Returns the unabbreviated IP address and netmask length as text. (This has the same result as an explicit cast to text.)

text(inet '192.168.1.5')192.168.1.5/32


Tip

The abbrev, host, and text functions are primarily intended to offer alternative display formats for IP addresses.

The MAC address types, macaddr and macaddr8, support the usual comparison operators shown in Table 9.1 as well as the specialized functions shown in Table 9.41. In addition, they support the bitwise logical operators ~, & and | (NOT, AND and OR), just as shown above for IP addresses.

Table 9.41. MAC Address Functions

Function

Description

Example(s)

trunc ( macaddr ) → macaddr

Sets the last 3 bytes of the address to zero. The remaining prefix can be associated with a particular manufacturer (using data not included in Postgres Pro).

trunc(macaddr '12:34:56:78:90:ab')12:34:56:00:00:00

trunc ( macaddr8 ) → macaddr8

Sets the last 5 bytes of the address to zero. The remaining prefix can be associated with a particular manufacturer (using data not included in Postgres Pro).

trunc(macaddr8 '12:34:56:78:90:ab:cd:ef')12:34:56:00:00:00:00:00

macaddr8_set7bit ( macaddr8 ) → macaddr8

Sets the 7th bit of the address to one, creating what is known as modified EUI-64, for inclusion in an IPv6 address.

macaddr8_set7bit(macaddr8 '00:34:56:ab:cd:ef')02:34:56:ff:fe:ab:cd:ef