Hi, I am currently working on a banlist and I am thinking about which data type to choose for storing the IP address in the database. Will the Binary data type be ideal?
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Jump to PostCurrently I store IP addresses as Varchar.
Binary is meant for binary data such as images, executables, etc. Not text.
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