Re: Datatype Inet and Searching

Devin Atencio wrote:

> Dear Users,
>
> I am very new to using the inet data type and I have a database with a 
> list of CIDRs in it
>
> And I was hoping to be able to do some kind of select statement that 
> would pull the record
>
> That the IP given is located in for example. If in my database I have 
> a record like:
>
> Id cidr name
>
> 1 10.0.0.0/30 user1
>
> 2 10.0.0.4/30 user2
>
> 3 10.0.0.8/30 user3
>
> I was hoping to be able to do something like:
>
> Select * from mytable where cidr <<=’10.0.0.5’
>
> And the database would return only record 2 since it knows that 
> 10.0.0.5 is contained only within record 2.
>
> I can’t seem to figure out the correct syntax to make this type of 
> query happen. Any help would greatly
>
> Be appreciated.
>
> Devin Atencio
>
Select * from mytable where cidr >>= ’10.0.0.5’

or

Select * from mytable where ’10.0.0.5' <<= cidr

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