TO_IPV4

Description

This function like ipv4_string_to_num that takes a string form of IPv4 address and returns value of IPv4 type, which is binary equal to value returned by ipv4_string_to_num.

Syntax

TO_IPV4(<ipv4_str>)

Parameters

Parameter	Description
<ipv4_str>	An IPv4 address of type String

Return Value

Returns value of IPv4 type, which is binary equal to value returned by ipv4_string_to_num.

• If the IPv4 address has an invalid format, throw an exception

Example

SELECT to_ipv4('255.255.255.255');

+----------------------------+
| to_ipv4('255.255.255.255') |
+----------------------------+
| 255.255.255.255            |
+----------------------------+