Re: Feature, my misconception or bug?? - Mailing list pgsql-sql

Hi, Peter,

Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 22. Februar 2006 13:04 schrieb Achilleus Mantzios:
> 
>>foodb=# SELECT '255.255.255.255/24'::cidr;
>>ERROR:  invalid cidr value: "255.255.255.255/24"
>>DETAIL:  Value has bits set to right of mask.
> 
> 
>>in this case
>>11111111.11111111.11111111.11111111
>>has no bits set to right of
>>                     8 LSB ^
> 
> 
> I'm sure you are aware that "1" is a set bit, so which part are you not 
> understanding?

I guess he's confused by the fact that /24 complains about bits 25-31
beeing set, while /25 does not complain aobut bigs 26-31 beeing set.

HTH,
Markus

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