* Pomarede Nicolas: > I could use PG internal inet/cidr type to store the ip addrs, which > would take 12 bytes per IP, thus gaining a few bytes per row.
I thought it's down to 8 bytes in PostgreSQL 8.2, but I could be mistaken. > Apart from gaining some bytes, would the btree index scan be faster > with this data type compared to plain varchar ? It will be faster because less I/O is involved. For purposes like yours, there is a special ip4 type in a contributed package which brings down the byte count to 4. I'm not sure if it's been ported to PostgreSQL 8.2 yet. -- Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> BFK edv-consulting GmbH http://www.bfk.de/ Kriegsstraße 100 tel: +49-721-96201-1 D-76133 Karlsruhe fax: +49-721-96201-99 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating at http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate
