Re: Bug #670: netmask displayed for a /32 - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Edwin Groothuis
Subject Re: Bug #670: netmask displayed for a /32
Date
Msg-id 20020523144315.X560@k7.mavetju.org
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In response to Re: Bug #670: netmask displayed for a /32  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
List pgsql-bugs
On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 10:12:20AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org writes:
> > But the /y portion is shown in this case:
> > pmoanalysis=> select ipaddress||'a' from dhcpservers;
> >   ?column?
> > -------------
> >  1.2.3.4/32a
> > (1 row)
>
> This implicitly coerces the inet value to text datatype, and the
> text(inet) function always displays netmask.  Perhaps you'd prefer
> to use host() or abbrev() to do the conversion to text.

I've already changed it to use host(), was just a message to let
you know that it might not have been working the way you expected
it to do.

Thanks for your reply and the database, it rocks :-)

Edwin

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