Network address types v16

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 PostgreSQL docs.