2013/8/23, Mikhail Puzanov <misha.puzanov@gmail.com>:
> Hello,
>
> I need to convert the set of ipv6 addresses stored as numerics
> (by historical reasons mostly) to inet type.
>
> Something like
> '0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0'::inet + 55831599345971591062080247067748335616::bigint
> apparently doesn't work as the number added is too big to be converted to
> bigint.
>
> Is there any reasonable way to do it in sql/pgplsql?
>
From manual:
bigint
8 bytes
large-range integer -9223372036854775808 to 9223372036854775807
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/interactive/datatype-numeric.html#DATATYPE-INT
So 55831599345971591062080247067748335616 is out-of-range for a bigint.
Osvaldo
