The macaddr datatype understands most formats of MAC address, except 12

hex digits with no separators, eg 00AABBCCDDEE. This is easily remedied
with the following patch (against 7.2.1):

Mike Wyer

diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/mac.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/mac.c
index 0abd3a71e899f16dfc7a24f55eada1ce75f9eeed..a531842205fc369283bf8ff3c0ed673a940547cc 100644 (file)
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/mac.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/mac.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  *     PostgreSQL type definitions for MAC addresses.
  *
- *     $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/mac.c,v 1.22 2002/03/09 17:35:35 tgl Exp $
+ *     $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/mac.c,v 1.23 2002/06/15 19:39:33 momjian Exp $
  */
 
 #include "postgres.h"
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ macaddr_in(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
                count = sscanf(str, "%2x%2x%2x-%2x%2x%2x", &a, &b, &c, &d, &e, &f);
        if (count != 6)
                count = sscanf(str, "%2x%2x.%2x%2x.%2x%2x", &a, &b, &c, &d, &e, &f);
+       if (count != 6)
+               count = sscanf(str, "%2x%2x%2x%2x%2x%2x", &a, &b, &c, &d, &e, &f);
 
        if (count != 6)
                elog(ERROR, "macaddr_in: error in parsing \"%s\"", str);