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Re: inet/cidr type comparisons

Jim Mercer <jim@reptiles.org> — 2001-06-11T20:44:12Z

On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 02:33:12PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Jim Mercer <jim@reptiles.org> writes:
> > while you are in there, can you cahnge the print functions so that they
> > are consistent?
> 
> I believe they are consistent in 7.1; leastwise, you will have to make
> a pretty good argument why we should change them again.  We had a very
> long discussion that led up to the current solution.

ah, it appears that this was done, thanx very much.

PostgreSQL 7.0.3 on i386-unknown-freebsdelf4.2, compiled by gcc 2.95.2
reptiles=> select '216.95.252/24'::cidr, '216.95.252/24'::inet;
---------------+-----------------
 216.95.252/24 | 216.95.252.0/24

PostgreSQL 7.1.2 on i386-unknown-freebsd4.3, compiled by GCC 2.95.3
amphibians=# select '216.95.252/24'::cidr, '216.95.252/24'::inet;
-----------------+-----------------
 216.95.252.0/24 | 216.95.252.0/24

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