| From: | Don Baccus <dhogaza(at)pacifier(dot)com> |
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| To: | "Larry Rosenman" <ler(at)lerctr(dot)org>, <pgsql-hackers(at)hub(dot)org>, "Larry Rosenman" <ler(at)lerctr(dot)org> |
| Subject: | RE: INET/CIDR types |
| Date: | 2000-07-24 19:30:08 |
| Message-ID: | 3.0.1.32.20000724123008.01189db0@mail.pacifier.com |
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At 02:26 PM 7/24/00 -0500, Larry Rosenman wrote:
>The problem is NON-TECHNICAL people will be getting the output,
>and they expect 4 octet output.
>
>I really think that we should have a way to coerce a CIDR to
>an INET, and then allow host().
>
>Remember that I am dealing with $10/hour clerks.
>
>I really don't get the hostility to changing the OUTPUT format...
Are these $10/hour clerks typing in SQL to psql? Strange ...
If not, formatting issues like this can easily be broken (or fixed,
according to your POV) by your application client.
- Don Baccus, Portland OR <dhogaza(at)pacifier(dot)com>
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