We can store an IP address with the help of INT unsigned. While using INSERT, include INET_ATON() and with SELECT, include INET_NTOA(). IP address is in dotted format.
Let us see an example.
Creating a table.
mysql> create table IPV4AddressDemo -> ( -> `IPV4Address` INT UNSIGNED -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.52 sec)
Inserting IP address into the table, with INET_ATON.
mysql> insert into IPV4AddressDemo values(INET_ATON("120.0.0.1"));
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.17 sec)
To display all records.
mysql> select *from IPV4AddressDemo;
The following is the output, but definitely we want it to be in IP address format.
+-------------+ | IPV4Address | +-------------+ | 2013265921 | +-------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
As the above output is giving a sequence of integers, but we can convert them into the original IP address format. For that, use INET_NTOA
mysql> SELECT INET_NTOA(`IPV4Address`) FROM IPV4AddressDemo;
The following is the output that shows IP address in the actual format.
+--------------------------+ | INET_NTOA(`IPV4Address`) | +--------------------------+ | 120.0.0.1 | +--------------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)