HEY........ thanks if you planned on answering.... I found my error... my mistake was... i didn't quote my string inside inet_aton()... it's supposed to be inet_aton("123.0.0.0")... just in case anyone wants to know.... :) KD On Mon, 19 May 2003, Kieu D. Trang wrote: > hi all.. > > does anyone know how to use these 2 functions in mySQL? > inet_aton() and inet_ntoa()? > > i have this select statement, and it gives me an error... > > SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ptr_table WHERE ip >=INET_ATON(123.0.0.0) AND ip > <=INET_ATON(123.255.255.255); > > these are not PHP built in function... I guess i can make them user > defined functions... > > before i tried that SELECT statement.... I converted the ip using > ip2long() function, but > this sometimes gives me a negative number... so no luck in that... :( > > any help would be appreciated....... > KD > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php