Michael Graff writes:
> One other poster suggested they should be two data types, which I half
> agree with. There are advantages of being able to use IPv4 or IPv6
> addresses in the same column, so I wouldn't have to have two tables
> for host <-> address mappings, for instance. I'm undecided on which
> is better, but so far I've used the inet with ipv4 and 6 data type
> once and found them useful under one data type.
Perhaps we can make "inet" take both and then define domains "inet4" and
"inet6" over it that only take one kind.
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Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net