> On Mar 1, 2017, at 8:39 AM, jonathan vanasco <postgres@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I have to store/search some IP data in Postgres 9.6 and am second-guessing my storage options. > > > The types of searching I'm doing: [...] > > 2. on tracked_ip_block, i search/join against the tracked_ip_address to show known ips in a block, or a known block for an ip. > > i used cidr instead of inet for the ip_address because it saved me a cast on joins and appears to work the same. was that the right move? is there a better option? If you're looking to do fast searches for "is this IP address in any of these CIDR blocks" you might want to look at https://github.com/RhodiumToad/ip4r as a possible alternative. Cheers, Steve -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
