Re: How to use gethostbyname()

I am running Postgres 7.0.0 and compiled Postgres myself. However, I did not add
any parameters to 'configure' script.

> <phillip(at)formstar(dot)com> writes:
> > On Fri, 16 Feb 2001, Tom Lane wrote:
> >> <phillip(at)formstar(dot)com> writes:
> > In psql, gethostbyname() is defined as taking a text parameter and return an
> > inet type value or reference.
> >>
> >> Huh? There's no such function in the standard Postgres distribution.
>
> > If you do a '\df' at prompt, you will be able to see I am not lying.
>
> regression=# \df
> ...
> text | format_type | oid, integer
> integer | get_bit | bytea, integer
> integer | get_byte | bytea, integer
> name | getdatabaseencoding |
> name | getpgusername |
> integer | hashbpchar | character
> integer | hashchar | "char"
> integer | hashfloat4 | real
> ...
>
> It's not in 7.1, nor 7.0. Where did you get it from? Which Postgres
> version are you running, anyway?
>
> regards, tom lane
>

Phillip Pan
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