Thread: Data Type IPv6

Hello, all,

what about the implementation of the data type IPv6 (comparable to the
IPv4 data type already implemented)? Are there projects to integrate this
data type?

BTW: What is the difference between the PostgreSQL types "cidr" and
"inet"?

Thank you in advance for your answers.

Kind regards
Struppi

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stephan.michael.rupp@t-online.de wrote:
> Hello, all,
>
> what about the implementation of the data type IPv6 (comparable to the
> IPv4 data type already implemented)? Are there projects to integrate this
> data type?

IPv6 data type will be in 7.4.

>
> BTW: What is the difference between the PostgreSQL types "cidr" and
> "inet"?

Inet is host or network, and cidr is host/netmask combined, or something
like that.

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