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IPV6_NUM_TO_STRING

IPV6_NUM_TO_STRING​

IPV6_NUM_TO_STRING

Description​

Syntax​

VARCHAR IPV6_NUM_TO_STRING(VARCHAR ipv6_num)

VARCHAR INET6_NTOA(VARCHAR ipv6_num)

Takes an IPv6 address in binary format of type String. Returns the string of this address in text format. The IPv4 address mapped by IPv6 starts with ::ffff:111.222.33.

Notice​

If the input string is not the binary encoding of a valid IPv6 address, NULL is returned. This function has an alias INET6_NTOA.

Example​

mysql> select ipv6_num_to_string(unhex('2A0206B8000000000000000000000011')) as addr;
+--------------+
| addr |
+--------------+
| 2a02:6b8::11 |
+--------------+
1 row in set (0.01 sec)

mysql> select ipv6_num_to_string("-23vno12i34nlfwlsj");
+------------------------------------------+
| ipv6_num_to_string('-23vno12i34nlfwlsj') |
+------------------------------------------+
| NULL |
+------------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.14 sec)

Keywords​

IPV6_NUM_TO_STRING, INET6_NTOA, IP