Splitting string using sql statement (ip address)

Question

I need to split ip address in sql.

I have done lots of finding but could not find any builtin method that do the task.

How can I accomplish this task?

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Answer 1

I've found it useful to convert IPV4 addresses from "dotted string" notation to a (big) integer so that they can be stored, compared, ... . (Note that the following function does not perform input validation.)

create function [dbo].[IntegerIPV4Address]( @IPV4Address VarChar(16) )
  returns BigInt
  with SchemaBinding -- Deterministic function.
  begin
  -- NB: ParseName   is non-deterministic.
  declare @Dot1 as Int = CharIndex( '.', @IPV4Address );
  declare @Dot2 as Int = CharIndex( '.', @IPV4Address, @Dot1 + 1 );
  declare @Dot3 as Int = CharIndex( '.', @IPV4Address, @Dot2 + 1 );
  return Cast( Substring( @IPV4Address, 0, @Dot1 ) as BigInt ) * 0x1000000 +
    Cast( Substring( @IPV4Address, @Dot1 + 1, @Dot2 - @Dot1 - 1 ) as BigInt ) * 0x10000 +  
    Cast( Substring( @IPV4Address, @Dot2 + 1, @Dot3 - @Dot2 - 1 ) as BigInt ) * 0x100 +
    Cast( Substring( @IPV4Address, @Dot3 + 1, Len( @IPV4Address ) * 1 ) as BigInt );
  end

Converting back to a dotted string padded with zeroes (so that an alpha sort behaves well):

create function [dbo].[NormalizedIPV4Address]( @IntegerIPV4Address as BigInt )
  returns VarChar(16)
  with SchemaBinding -- Deterministic function.
  begin
  declare @BinaryAddress as VarBinary(4) = Cast( @IntegerIPV4Address as VarBinary(4) );
  return Right( '00' + Cast( Cast( Substring( @BinaryAddress, 1, 1 ) as Int ) as VarChar(3) ), 3 ) +
    '.' + Right( '00' + Cast( Cast( Substring( @BinaryAddress, 2, 1 ) as Int ) as VarChar(3) ), 3 ) +
    '.' + Right( '00' + Cast( Cast( Substring( @BinaryAddress, 3, 1 ) as Int ) as VarChar(3) ), 3 ) +
    '.' + Right( '00' + Cast( Cast( Substring( @BinaryAddress, 4, 1 ) as Int ) as VarChar(3) ), 3 )
  end