On 2005-09-06, Patrick Welche <prlw1(at)newn(dot)cam(dot)ac(dot)uk> wrote:
> Now with:
>
> test=# select '192.168.0.0/24'::inet + 1;
> ERROR: Trying to increment a network (192.168.0.0/24) rather than a host
What possible justification is there for this behaviour?
> test=# select '192.168.0.1/24'::inet + -1;
> ERROR: Increment returns a network (192.168.0.0/24) rather than a host
While I suspect I know where this idea came from, it is equally boneheaded
since it is making completely unwarranted assumptions about how inet
values are being used.
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