IPv6 database service

Benny Amorsen benny+usenet at amorsen.dk
Wed Dec 7 15:50:36 CET 2005


>>>>> "AS" ==   <Andreas.Schwarz at hansenet.com> writes:

AS> Thu Thuy wrote:
>> I would like to ask for your advise in IPv6 - support in database
>> service. I don't know what kind of database now support IPv6. Could
>> you pls advise me your knowleadge related to this matter.

AS> Take a look at postgres which supports IPv6 in cidr and inet
AS> datatypes.

I would guess that Thu Thuy is interested in connecting to the
database through IPv6, rather than storing IPv6-addresses in the
database. Postgres supports IPv6-connections since 7.4.

Mysql does not support IPv6 out-of-the-box, although a patch exists.


/Benny





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