Network address types v15

NameNativeAliasDescription
CIDRIPV4 and IPV6 networks, 7 or 19 bytes storage
INETIPV4 and IPV6 hosts and networks, 7 or 19 bytes storage
MACADDRMAC addresses, 6 bytes storage
MACADDR8MAC addresses (EUI-64 format), 8 bytes storage

Overview

EDB Postgres Advanced Server offers data types to store IPV4, IPV6, and MAC addresses.

These data types offer input error checking and specialized operators and functions.

For more information on network address types, see the PostgreSQL documentation.