Re: BUG #4277: Feature request inet type cast numeric values

x wrote:
> Description:        Feature request inet type cast numeric values
> Details:
>
> SELECT inet 2130706433;
>
> Should return:
> ?column?
> --------
> 127.0.0.1
>
> This would emulate the functionality:
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION inet_ntoa(bigint) RETURNS text AS '
> SELECT (($1>>24) & 255::int8) || ''.'' ||
> (($1>>16) & 255::int8) || ''.'' ||
> (($1>>8) & 255::int8) || ''.'' ||
> ($1 & 255::int8) as result
> '
> LANGUAGE 'SQL';

You can create the cast yourself if you want to, see CREATE CAST.

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