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<<(inet,inet)
is subnet
Reading PostgreSQL 18.6.
Description
is subnet
- Left operand
- inet
- Right operand
- inet
- Result type
- bool
- Implementing function
- network_sub(inet,inet)
- Operator kind
- Binary
- Hash join candidate
- no
- Merge join candidate
- no
Usage
<<(inet,inet) → boolEnglish manual definition
Is subnet strictly contained by subnet? This operator, and the next four, test for subnet inclusion. They consider only the network parts of the two addresses (ignoring any bits to the right of the netmasks) and determine whether one network is identical to or a subnet of the other.
inet '192.168.1.5' << inet '192.168.1/24' → t
inet '192.168.0.5' << inet '192.168.1/24' → f
inet '192.168.1/24' << inet '192.168.1/24' → f
Catalog interpretation
The catalog pg_operator stores information about operators. See CREATE OPERATOR and Section 36.14 for more information.
Declared operator-family membership
| Index AM | Family | Strategy | Purpose | Ordering family |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GiST | network_ops | 24 | search | |
| SP-GiST | network_ops | 24 | search | |
| BRIN | network_inclusion_ops | 26 | search |
Related entries
Documentation and source
- Matching PostgreSQL source archive
- PostgreSQL 18 English manual: catalog-pg-operator.html
- PostgreSQL 18 English manual: catalog-pg-amop.html
- PostgreSQL 18 English manual: functions-net.html
Source build
- Version
- 18.6
- Build
- https://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v18.6/postgresql-18.6.tar.bz2
- Source fingerprint
555610c24d53e4316da5b7d3fc25c279d96856d5e0e23ee308c328c5fa881d9f
Compare versions
PostgreSQL 17 → 18: unchanged.
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Related entries
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