Re: Bug Report

From: "Douglas M(dot) Westfall" <dougw(at)net(dot)kent(dot)edu>
To: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Bug Report
Date: 2003-11-23 03:59:58
Message-ID: 1069559998.8098.2.camel@dw2
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Yes, I have searched the archives, and searches for 'inet' or 'ilike' or
'inet+ilike' and 'inet&ilike' return 0 results each.

Have I missed something?

Regards,

DougW

On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 23:09, Douglas M. Westfall wrote:
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> Your name : Douglas M. Westfall
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> System Configuration
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> Operating System (example: Linux 2.0.26 ELF) : Linux
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> Please enter a FULL description of your problem:
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> 1) table contains a valid inet field
> 2) query works fine in pgsql 7.2 & 7.3
> 3) query no longer works in pgsql 7.4
>
> select * from <table> where <field> ilike '%<inetvalue>%' ;
>
> fails with:
> ERROR: Unable to identify an operator '~~*' for types 'inet' and
> '"unknown"'
> You will have to retype this query using an explicit cast
>
>
> Please describe a way to repeat the problem. Please try to provide a
> concise reproducible example, if at all possible:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> select * from ipaddrs2 where ip2_address ilike '%10.123.252.4%' order by
> ip2_address asc;
>
> CASTing the operator provides no resolution, as it causes syntax errors,
> ie:
> select * from ipaddrs2 where ip2_address ilike '%10.123.252.4%'::inet
> order by ip2_address asc;
> returns:
> ERROR: invalid INET value '%10.123.252.4%'
> AND:
> select * from ipaddrs2 where ip2_address ilike CAST('%10.123.252.4% as
> inet) order by ip2_address asc;
> returns:
> ERROR: invalid INET value '%10.123.252.4%'
>
> If you know how this problem might be fixed, list the solution below:
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Apparent problem in ilike function dealing with inet values
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