Re: [GENERAL] order by

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: dhm(at)paradigm(dot)webvision(dot)com (dave madden)
Cc: milang(at)tal(dot)org, pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] order by
Date: 1998-06-11 17:31:57
Message-ID: 199806111731.NAA16571@candle.pha.pa.us
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>
> There may be a special function (or you could write one) to sort
> numbers which are represented as varchars, but a better solution would
> be to re-store the IP numbers as integers. This will also allow you
> to work on them with netmasks and so forth. Convert them back to
> A.B.C.D when you print them out.
>

See contrib/ip_and_mac.

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