Tom Lane wrote: > Greg Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I wonder if this would be an opportunity to fix Postgres's handling >> of addresses like '10.1'. > > You've mistaken this for a proposal to change the I/O behavior, which > it is specifically not. > >> The standard interpretation of this is the same as '10.0.0.1'. > > Standard according to whom? Paul Vixie evidently doesn't think that > that's a standard abbreviation, else the code we borrowed from libbind > would do it already.
We had a **LONG** discussion on the I/O formats back in the 7.2 timeframe. the current behavior is the result of that. Please do **NOT** change the I/O formats. LER -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 512-248-2683 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 430 Valona Loop, Round Rock, TX 78681-3893 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
