RE: INET/CIDR types

At 02:26 PM 7/24/00 -0500, Larry Rosenman wrote:
>The problem is NON-TECHNICAL people will be getting the output,
>and they expect 4 octet output. 
>
>I really think that we should have a way to coerce a CIDR to
>an INET, and then allow host(). 
>
>Remember that I am dealing with $10/hour clerks. 
>
>I really don't get the hostility to changing the OUTPUT format...

Are these $10/hour clerks typing in SQL to psql?  Strange ...

If not, formatting issues like this can easily be broken (or fixed,
according to your POV) by your application client.



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