IPV6_STRING_TO_NUM_OR_DEFAULT

IPV6_STRING_TO_NUM_OR_DEFAULT

Description

Syntax

VARCHAR IPV6_STRING_TO_NUM_OR_DEFAULT(VARCHAR ipv6_string)

The reverse function of IPv6NumToString, it takes an IP address String and returns an IPv6 address in binary format. If the input string contains a valid IPv4 address, returns its IPv6 equivalent.

Notice

will return 0 if the input string is not a valid IP address

Example

  1. mysql> select hex(ipv6_string_to_num_or_default('1111::ffff'));
  2. +--------------------------------------------------+
  3. | hex(ipv6_string_to_num_or_default('1111::ffff')) |
  4. +--------------------------------------------------+
  5. | 1111000000000000000000000000FFFF                 |
  6. +--------------------------------------------------+
  7. 1 row in set (0.01 sec)
  9. mysql> select hex(ipv6_string_to_num_or_default('192.168.0.1'));
  10. +---------------------------------------------------+
  11. | hex(ipv6_string_to_num_or_default('192.168.0.1')) |
  12. +---------------------------------------------------+
  13. | 00000000000000000000FFFFC0A80001                  |
  14. +---------------------------------------------------+
  15. 1 row in set (0.02 sec)
  17. mysql> select hex(ipv6_string_to_num_or_default('notaaddress'));
  18. +---------------------------------------------------+
  19. | hex(ipv6_string_to_num_or_default('notaaddress')) |
  20. +---------------------------------------------------+
  21. | 00000000000000000000000000000000                  |
  22. +---------------------------------------------------+
  23. 1 row in set (0.02 sec)

Keywords

IPV6_STRING_TO_NUM_OR_DEFAULT, IP