Re: converting from text -> inet ... possible?

Is this a TODO item?

>
> I scanned the archives, and one person asked it back in July, but there
> doesn't appear to be any followup ...
>
> Is it possible to go from text->inet in v7.0.3? if not, is it in v7.1?
>
> the following doesn't work:
>
> template1=# select '216.126.84.1'::text::inet;
> ERROR: Cannot cast type 'text' to 'inet'
>
> but I could be missing something in the docs?
>
>
> Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy
> Systems Administrator @ hub.org
> primary: scrappy(at)hub(dot)org secondary: scrappy(at){freebsd|postgresql}.org
>
>

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