[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> for Reverse DNS purposes, I'd like to reverse an IP ...
> 
> ie: 200.46.204.1 would become 1.204.46.200
> 
> Is there an easy way of doing this *short* of writing a
> plpgsql function?
> 
> I've checked the docs, and found the substring() function
> that allows for using a regex, which I thought might allow
> this, but can't seem to figure out a proper format for it ;(
> 
> If I have to write a function to do it, fine ... just wanted
> to make sure I wasn't missing something first ...


Hi,

You can use (\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+) for the match, and \4.\3.\2.\1 for the 
replacement in your Regexp.

Cheers,

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Attik System
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