Re: converting from text -> inet ... possible?

Is this a TODO item?

> 
> I scanned the archives, and one person asked it back in July, but there
> doesn't appear to be any followup ...
> 
> Is it possible to go from text->inet in v7.0.3?  if not, is it in v7.1?
> 
> the following doesn't work:
> 
> template1=# select '216.126.84.1'::text::inet;
> ERROR:  Cannot cast type 'text' to 'inet'
> 
> but I could be missing something in the docs?
> 
> 
> Marc G. Fournier                   ICQ#7615664               IRC Nick: Scrappy
> Systems Administrator @ hub.org
> primary: scrappy@hub.org           secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org
> 
> 


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