MariaDB INET6 datatype support about heidisql

[ansgarbecker]

Interesting to see MySQL does not have these INET4 and INET6 types.
MariaDB has them documented here.

[ansgarbecker]

I'm thinking about outsourcing the data type definitions out of the dbstructure units into separate .ini files. Similar to the functions *.ini files. This would introduce some advantages:

• separate MariaDB types from MySQL (which we would need for these INET6/INET4 types)
• possible customization done by the user

.. but as always some disadvantages:

• .ini files not updated through nigtly build updater
• more internal parsing for certain types and categories

[NormanRice]

If customization by the user is a requirement, maybe you could split the ini files into 2 files? Like have a dbstructure-mariadb.ini and an optional dbstructure-mariadb.user.ini - with only the first one being part of the build and subject to updates?

[ansgarbecker]

Customization is not a requirement, it was just an idea as I was weighing the pros and cons. In fact, having data types in a separate file could introduce new issues, for instance with file privileges. I think I will leave this internally for now. I will find a way to hide these types away on MySQL sessions which do not have INET4/INET6.

[ansgarbecker]

Next build has these both types: