Re: Incrementing INET fields

From: Andrew Sullivan <ajs(at)crankycanuck(dot)ca>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Incrementing INET fields
Date: 2006-11-28 16:34:32
Message-ID: 20061128163432.GA12077@phlogiston.dyndns.org
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On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 12:17:20AM +0200, Peter Nixonn wrote:
> It would nice if Postgres took away this problem from me in the same way
> that it handles date and time arithmetic so wonderfully.

Well, I presume that the date and time arithmetic got there because
someone needed it badly enough to write it. _Especially_ since this
could be an add on component, it looks to me like an ideal candidate
for pgfoundry. Now all it needs is an author. ;-) But you're right
that, if you're scratching an itch, there's at least a chance that
someone else has it.

A

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