| From: | Todd Graham Lewis <tlewis(at)mindspring(dot)net> |
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| To: | "D'Arcy J(dot)M(dot) Cain" <darcy(at)druid(dot)net> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] INET and CIDR comparisons |
| Date: | 1999-06-02 02:56:59 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.04.9906012254380.25324-100000@reflections.eng.mindspring.net |
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On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
> I heard back from Paul Vixie and he says that it should be possible to
> store two values in a unique index if they differ only in netbits.
This is definitely true. E.g., we have an in-house database which records
internet address delegations wherein a.b.c.0/22 can be and often is the
parent of a.b.c.0/23. They should definitely be recignized as unique
from each other.
> I am sending a patch in.
Groovy. I'll be pestering the present developer of that database to
uniquify the index. 8^)
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Todd Graham Lewis Postmaster, MindSpring Enterprises
tlewis(at)mindspring(dot)net (800) 719-4664, x22804
"A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood." -- George S. Patton
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