Hi Albe, Apologies for the delayed reply. Re: I am surprised that you don't expect "0.0.0.0/0" to be returned by the first query if you expect it to be returned by the second. Is that an oversicht? Thanks for the question, but no, it wasn't an oversight, I only am looking for 0.0.0.0/0 to be returned if there is no more specific match. On 9 December 2015 at 12:45, Albe Laurenz <laurenz.albe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Tim Smith wrote: >> create table test(a inet); >> insert into test values ('0.0.0.0/0'); >> insert into test values ('10.1.2.3'); >> => select * from test; >> a >> ----------- >> 0.0.0.0/0 >> 10.1.2.3 >> (2 rows) >> >> >> This works as expected ..... >> => select * from test where a <<= '10.1.2.3'; >> a >> ---------- >> 10.1.2.3 >> (1 row) >> >> >> This does not work as expected .... >> => select * from test where a <<= '11.1.2.3'; >> a >> --- >> (0 rows) >> >> >> Surely the second one should return the default route entry (i.e. 0.0.0.0/0) ? > > I am surprised that you don't expect "0.0.0.0/0" to be returned by the first > query if you expect it to be returned by the second. > Is that an oversicht? > > I guess your problem is a misunderstanding what the operator means: > > "<<=" is called "is contained by or equals". > The definition (from the PostgreSQL source) is that x <<= y iff: > - x has at least as many relevant bits as y and > - all relevant bits of y are the same in x. > > So the following would produce what you expect: > > test=> select * from test where '11.1.2.3' <<= a; > a > ----------- > 0.0.0.0/0 > (1 row) > > Yours, > Laurenz Albe -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general