Re: inet increment with int

Patrick Welche <prlw1@newn.cam.ac.uk>

From: Patrick Welche <prlw1@newn.cam.ac.uk>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Patrick Welche <prlw1@newn.cam.ac.uk>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2005-09-05T19:10:16Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 03:02:55PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Patrick Welche <prlw1@newn.cam.ac.uk> writes:
> > * Allow INET + INT4 to increment the host part of the address, or
> >   throw an error on overflow
> 
> > I think that the naively coded function attached does what is needed, e.g.,
> 
> What happened to the IPv6 case?

My take on the thread is that the IPv6 case doesn't make sense, and the
int8 part was dropped from the TODO.

> Also, I think you need to reject CIDR inputs.

OK

Patrick