Re: Q: inet operators for IPv4 encapsulated in IPv6

Am 06.09.23 19:41 schrieb(en) Erik Wienhold:
> The docs don't spell it out, but inet operators and functions expect values of the same inet family. Comparing IPv4 and IPv6 always returns false, e.g. [1].
> The only hint in the docs that may imply this is [2]:
>
> "When sorting inet or cidr data types, IPv4 addresses will always sort
> before IPv6 addresses, including IPv4 addresses encapsulated or mapped
> to IPv6 addresses, such as ::10.2.3.4 or ::ffff:10.4.3.2."

Ah, I missed that section in the docs. Thanks a lot for your explanation and the pointers!

> You can write your own function that converts IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses to IPv4 and then do the comparison:
>
> postgres=# SELECT ltrim(host('::ffff:192.168.1.5'::inet & '::255.255.255.255'::inet), ':')::inet;
> ltrim
> -------------
> 192.168.1.5
> (1 row)

That's a nice approach, will do that.

Thanks again, Albrecht.