On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 02:35:59PM -0400, Christopher Nelson wrote:
> sql>SELECT wlid, "text"(src), ts FROM web_log WHERE src IS NOT NULL
> ORDER BY src, ts LIMIT 5;
> SELECT: no such unary operator 'text(inet)'

The text function should be part of the 14_inet.sql file which is
loaded the first time you start (the first) client. Which version
are you running?

Niels

>
>
>
> On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 2:33 PM, Niels Nes <Niels.Nes@cwi.nl> wrote:
>
>     On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 09:35:01AM -0400, Christopher Nelson wrote:
>     > Hi,
>     >
>     > I noticed in the manual that there are many useful functions for
>     the
>     > inet and url types. For example, I would like to convert an inet
>     column
>     > to text for use in a Python script (since the python-monetdb
>     module
>     > does not support the inet type.)
>     >
>     > I tried:
>     >
>     > sql>SELECT wlid, text(src), ts FROM web_log WHERE src IS NOT NULL
>     ORDER
>     > BY src, ts LIMIT 5;syntax error, unexpected '(', expecting SCOLON
>     in:
>     > "select wlid, text("
>
>     Text is a monetdb sql keyword, ie simply double quote text.
>
>     ie
>
>     SELECT wlid, "text"(src), ts FROM web_log WHERE src IS NOT NULL
>     ORDER
>     BY src, ts LIMIT 5;
>
>     Niels
>     >
>     > sql>SELECT wlid, inet:text(src), ts FROM web_log WHERE src IS NOT
>     NULL
>     > ORDER BY src, ts LIMIT 5;
>     > unexpected symbol (:)
>     >
>     > sql>SELECT wlid, inet.text(src), ts FROM web_log WHERE src IS NOT
>     NULL
>     > ORDER BY src, ts LIMIT 5;
>     > syntax error, unexpected '(', expecting SCOLON in: "select wlid,
>     > inet.text("
>     >
>     > I have read through the manual sections on types and functions
>     several
>     > times now, and I cannot see how to use the specified functions on
>     these
>     > types. Any help would be greatly appreciated. 
>     >
>     > Thanks!
>     >
>     > -={C}=-
>     >
>     >
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