From: Jim C. Nasby <jnasby@pervasive.com>
To: Sriram Dandapani <sdandapani@counterpane.com>
Cc: Pgsql-Performance (E-mail) <pgsql-performance@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: ip address data type
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 17:48:37 -0500
Message-ID: <20060424224837.GF64695@pervasive.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6992E470F12A444BB787B5C937B9D4DF0406B11B@ca-mail1.cis.local>
References: <6992E470F12A444BB787B5C937B9D4DF0406B11B@ca-mail1.cis.local>
On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 03:45:14PM -0700, Sriram Dandapani wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have queries that use like operators and regex patterns to determine
> if an ip address is internal or external (this is against a table with
> say 100 million distinct ip addresses).
>
> Does the inet data type offer comparison/search performance benefits
> over plain text for ip addresses..
Well, benchmark it and find out. :) But it'd be hard to be slower than
like or regex...
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