Network Address Functions
The abbrev, host, and text functions are primarily intended to offer alternative display formats.
Any cidr value can be cast to inet implicitly or explicitly; therefore, the functions shown above as operating on inet also work on cidr values. An inet value can be cast to cidr. After the conversion, any bits to the right of the subnet mask are silently zeroed to create a valid cidr value. In addition, you can cast a text string to inet or cidr using normal casting syntax. For example, inet(expression) or colname::cidr.
abbrev(inet)
Description: Abbreviated display format as text
Return type: text
Example:
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SELECT abbrev(inet '10.1.0.0/16') AS RESULT; result ------------- 10.1.0.0/16 (1 row) |
abbrev(cidr)
Description: Abbreviated display format as text
Return type: text
Example:
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SELECT abbrev(cidr '10.1.0.0/16') AS RESULT; result --------- 10.1/16 (1 row) |
broadcast(inet)
Description: Broadcast address for network
Return type: inet
Example:
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SELECT broadcast('192.168.1.5/24') AS RESULT; result ------------------ 192.168.1.255/24 (1 row) |
family(inet)
Description: Extracts family of address; 4 for IPv4, 6 for IPv6
Return type: int
Example:
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SELECT family('::1') AS RESULT; result -------- 6 (1 row) |
host(inet)
Description: Extracts IP address as text.
Return type: text
Example:
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SELECT host('192.168.1.5/24') AS RESULT; result ------------- 192.168.1.5 (1 row) |
hostmask(inet)
Description: Constructs host mask for network.
Return type: inet
Example:
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SELECT hostmask('192.168.23.20/30') AS RESULT; result --------- 0.0.0.3 (1 row) |
masklen(inet)
Description: Extracts subnet mask length.
Return type: int
Example:
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SELECT masklen('192.168.1.5/24') AS RESULT; result -------- 24 (1 row) |
netmask(inet)
Description: Constructs a subnet mask for the network.
Return type: inet
Example:
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SELECT netmask('192.168.1.5/24') AS RESULT; result --------------- 255.255.255.0 (1 row) |
network(inet)
Description: Extracts network part of address.
Return type: cidr
Example:
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SELECT network('192.168.1.5/24') AS RESULT; result ---------------- 192.168.1.0/24 (1 row) |
set_masklen(inet, int)
Description: Sets subnet mask length for inet value.
Return type: inet
Example:
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SELECT set_masklen('192.168.1.5/24', 16) AS RESULT; result ---------------- 192.168.1.5/16 (1 row) |
set_masklen(cidr, int)
Description: Sets subnet mask length for cidr value.
Return type: cidr
Example:
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SELECT set_masklen('192.168.1.0/24'::cidr, 16) AS RESULT; result ---------------- 192.168.0.0/16 (1 row) |
text(inet)
Description: Extracts IP address and subnet mask length as text.
Return type: text
Example:
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SELECT text(inet '192.168.1.5') AS RESULT; result ---------------- 192.168.1.5/32 (1 row) |
trunc(macaddr)
The function trunc(macaddr) returns a MAC address with the last 3 bytes set to zero.
Description: Sets last 3 bytes to zero.
Return type: macaddr
Example:
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SELECT trunc(macaddr '12:34:56:78:90:ab') AS RESULT; result ------------------- 12:34:56:00:00:00 (1 row) |
The macaddr type also supports the standard relational operators (such as > and <=) for lexicographical ordering, and the bitwise arithmetic operators (~, & and |) for NOT, AND and OR.
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