Re: Inet type how to?

From: Olivier PRENANT <ohp(at)pyrenet(dot)fr>
To: Alex Pilosov <alex(at)pilosoft(dot)com>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Inet type how to?
Date: 2000-06-02 20:40:02
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You're right... No way; However despite what I said befor it works.. until
text is ''; maybe this could be casted as NULL??

Regards,
On Fri, 2 Jun 2000, Alex Pilosov wrote:

> None works. I tried. There is no type that can be cast to inet. And
> inet_in has a different calling sequence, and you can't really use that.
>
> -alex
>
> On Fri, 2 Jun 2000, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > > It works for me for \copy (which uses inserts)
> > >
> > > But yes, there is no way to convert text to inet, which is a pain. When it
> > > annoys me sufficiently, I think I'll write text_inet wrapping inet_in...Or
> > > just wait for someone else to do it (TODO, bruce? ;)
> > >
> >
> > We don't? What about some double-casting option?
> >
> >
>

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