Re: [BUGS] BUG #6651: macaddr length constraint violates standard

2012-05-20 Thread Tom Lane
Peter Eisentraut writes: > On fre, 2012-05-18 at 19:57 +, erlko...@talisman.org wrote: >> Given compatibility concerns, renaming >> it is probably infeasible. However, being able to parameterize the >> length, defaulting to 6 bytes, would be adequate. > That could be a workable solution. Th

Re: [BUGS] BUG #6651: macaddr length constraint violates standard

2012-05-19 Thread Peter Eisentraut
On fre, 2012-05-18 at 19:57 +, erlko...@talisman.org wrote: > The macaddr type does not allow for MACs of greater length (or less than) > than six bytes, only capturing a particular variety of ethernet address > (Xerox's original version) instead of the broader use of MACs where > addresses of

[BUGS] BUG #6651: macaddr length constraint violates standard

2012-05-18 Thread erlkonig
The following bug has been logged on the website: Bug reference: 6651 Logged by: Alex North-Keys Email address: erlko...@talisman.org PostgreSQL version: 9.1.3 Operating system: any Description: The macaddr type does not allow for MACs of greater length (or less than)