Re: [HACKERS] A small type extension example for the contrib directory (fwd)
От | Peter T Mount |
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Тема | Re: [HACKERS] A small type extension example for the contrib directory (fwd) |
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Msg-id | Pine.LNX.3.95.980125104839.3312A-100000@maidast обсуждение исходный текст |
Ответ на | A small type extension example for the contrib directory (fwd) (The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>) |
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Re: [HACKERS] A small type extension example for the contrib directory (fwd)
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Список | pgsql-hackers |
On Sun, 25 Jan 1998, The Hermit Hacker wrote: > I added this to the contrib directory for the server, but am > wondering if anyone feels that this just might be useful as a "normal" > datatype, instead of just in the contrib directory... Personally, I would, as at work, I have a database that contains all of our machines on the network. It's a real pain handling IP & MAC addresses as strings. The IP type would be more useful, as I'd thought that people would use it in things like web useage logs, etc. > | PostgreSQL type extensions for IP and MAC addresses. > | > | I needed to record IP and MAC level ethernet addresses in a data > | base, and I really didn't want to store them as plain strings, with > | no enforced error checking, so I put together the accompanying code > | as my first experiment with adding a data type to PostgreSQL. I > | then thought that this might be useful to others, both directly and > | as a very simple example of how to do this sort of thing, so here > | it is, in the hope that it will be useful. -- Peter T Mount petermount@earthling.net or pmount@maidast.demon.co.uk Main Homepage: http://www.demon.co.uk/finder Work Homepage: http://www.maidstone.gov.uk Work EMail: peter@maidstone.gov.uk
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