index for inet and >> (contains) function

[Richard Jones <rich@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've got a table like this:

  create table iptocountry (
    network inet not null,
    countryid int not null references countries (id)
  );

The idea is that it contains mappings from IP address ranges to
countries, something like this:

  insert into iptocountry values ('1.2.3.0/24', 33);

It contains a lot of rows (some 8 million, taken from hostip.info).
Unfortunately when I use the "contains" function (>>) I get a
sequential scan, as in:

  select countryid from iptocountry where network >> '1.2.3.4';

Is there a suitable index that I can put on the network field to fix
this?

Rich.

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