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zingo on 04/09/08


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Storing an IP address in a database table

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You can store an IP address in an INT UNSIGNED (4 bytes) which is of course much more efficient and faster than a CHAR(15). MySQL has two built-in functions: INETATON() and INETNTOA(). These two functions are used allover the place in any TCP/IP stack implementation or even application. The INETATON() function converts Internet addresses from the numbers-and-dots notation into a 32-bit unsigned integer, and INETNTOA() does the opposite.

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  1. SELECT INET_ATON('192.168.0.10') AS ipn;
  2. SELECT INET_NTOA(3232235530) AS ipa;
  3. INSERT INTO tbl VALUES (..., INET_ATON('192.168.0.10'), ...);

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