On Wed, February 22, 2006 4:52 pm, CodeHeads wrote: > > I have a full index index on a table and on of the fields is a number > field (IP Address). Can MySQL search for numbers?? >
I'm potentially introducing confusion here, because I've never actually _used_ MySQL, but can't you do one of the following things: a)Store the number as a string with guaranteed uniqueness, then search by a string (which I think MySQL will do). In the case of an IP address, to make the (IP) -> (STRING) mapping have no collisions, I think all you need to do is prepend with zeros to reach length three on each number, i.e. 192.168.0.10 would become "192168000010". b)Store the IP as a 64-bit integer. I think MySQL will key on strings, right? Dave. ----------------------------------- David T. Ashley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Thousand Feet Consulting, LLC -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
