Re: Best way to index IP data?

[Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>]

Pomarede Nicolas <npomarede(at)corp(dot)free(dot)fr> writes:
> As ip4r seems to work very well with postgresql, is there a possibility to 
> see it merged in postgresql, to have a native 4 bytes IPv4 address date 
> type ?

Given that the world is going to IPv6 in a few years whether you like it
or not, that seems pretty darn short-sighted to me.

What would make sense IMHO is to adapt the improved indexing support in
ip4r to work on the native inet/cidr types.

			regards, tom lane