Re: macaddr format fix

Your patch has been added to the PostgreSQL unapplied patches list at:

    http://candle.pha.pa.us/cgi-bin/pgpatches

I will try to apply it within the next 48 hours.

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Mike Wyer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The macaddr datatype understands most formats of MAC address, except 12
> hex digits with no separators, eg 00AABBCCDDEE
> This is easily remedied with the following patch (against 7.2.1):
>
> --- src/backend/utils/adt/mac.c.old     Tue May 28 16:48:34 2002
> +++ src/backend/utils/adt/mac.c Tue May 28 16:49:47 2002
> @@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
>
>         count = sscanf(str, "%x:%x:%x:%x:%x:%x", &a, &b, &c, &d, &e,
> &f);
>         if (count != 6)
> +               count = sscanf(str, "%2x%2x%2x%2x%2x%2x", &a, &b, &c,
> &d, &e, &f);
> +       if (count != 6)
>                 count = sscanf(str, "%x-%x-%x-%x-%x-%x", &a, &b, &c, &d,
> &e, &f);
>         if (count != 6)
>                 count = sscanf(str, "%2x%2x%2x:%2x%2x%2x", &a, &b, &c,
> &d, &e, &f);
>
> ########################## END ########################################
>
> It simply adds two lines to the current checks, and works very well.
>
> Cheers,
> Mike Wyer
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