Re: [HACKERS] Open 6.4 Items

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: tih(at)nhh(dot)no (Tom Ivar Helbekkmo)
Cc: hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org (PostgreSQL-development)
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Open 6.4 Items
Date: 1998-10-03 05:50:24
Message-ID: 199810030550.BAA09318@candle.pha.pa.us
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> Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
>
> > Possible additions
> > ------------------
> > cidr/IP address type(Tom Helbekkmo)
>
> It looks like the code I sent you is working fine -- if you want to
> integrate it into the backend, I'd say go ahead. Also, if you at the
> same time could make notes explaining how this is done, that would
> make it possible for the rest of us to do such things ourselves...

It is very hard to do this. If you look at how I integrated this type,
you can see what is involved. There are things pointing everywhere, so
it is really hard to describe without understanding all the tables and
their interaction.

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