converting from text -> inet ... possible?

Is this a TODO item?

I scanned the archives, and one person asked it back in July, but there
doesn't appear to be any followup ...

Is it possible to go from text->inet in v7.0.3? if not, is it in v7.1?

the following doesn't work:

template1=# select '216.126.84.1'::text::inet;
ERROR: Cannot cast type 'text' to 'inet'

but I could be missing something in the docs?

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The Hermit Hacker wrote:

I scanned the archives, and one person asked it back in July, but there
doesn't appear to be any followup ...

Is it possible to go from text->inet in v7.0.3? if not, is it in v7.1?

the following doesn't work:

template1=# select '216.126.84.1'::text::inet;
ERROR: Cannot cast type 'text' to 'inet'

You could use something like that:
hannu=# select inet_in(textout('127.0.0.1/24'::text)) as n;
n
--------------
127.0.0.1/24
(1 row)
-------------------------------
Hannu

Is this a TODO item?

Yup. Somehow there is a conversion from inet to text, but not the other
way around.

- Thomas

Added to TODO:

* Add conversion function from text to inet

Is this a TODO item?

Yup. Somehow there is a conversion from inet to text, but not the other
way around.

- Thomas

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