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> Documentation for the IPv4 data type in ClickHouse

# IPv4

<h2 id="ipv4">
  IPv4
</h2>

IPv4 addresses. Stored in 4 bytes as UInt32.

<h3 id="basic-usage">
  Basic Usage
</h3>

```sql theme={null}
CREATE TABLE hits (url String, from IPv4) ENGINE = MergeTree() ORDER BY url;

DESCRIBE TABLE hits;
```

```text theme={null}
┌─name─┬─type───┬─default_type─┬─default_expression─┬─comment─┬─codec_expression─┐
│ url  │ String │              │                    │         │                  │
│ from │ IPv4   │              │                    │         │                  │
└──────┴────────┴──────────────┴────────────────────┴─────────┴──────────────────┘
```

OR you can use IPv4 domain as a key:

```sql theme={null}
CREATE TABLE hits (url String, from IPv4) ENGINE = MergeTree() ORDER BY from;
```

`IPv4` domain supports custom input format as IPv4-strings:

```sql theme={null}
INSERT INTO hits (url, from) VALUES ('https://wikipedia.org', '116.253.40.133')('https://clickhouse.com', '183.247.232.58')('https://clickhouse.com/docs/en/', '116.106.34.242');

SELECT * FROM hits;
```

```text theme={null}
┌─url────────────────────────────────┬───────────from─┐
│ https://clickhouse.com/docs/en/ │ 116.106.34.242 │
│ https://wikipedia.org              │ 116.253.40.133 │
│ https://clickhouse.com          │ 183.247.232.58 │
└────────────────────────────────────┴────────────────┘
```

Values are stored in compact binary form:

```sql theme={null}
SELECT toTypeName(from), hex(from) FROM hits LIMIT 1;
```

```text theme={null}
┌─toTypeName(from)─┬─hex(from)─┐
│ IPv4             │ B7F7E83A  │
└──────────────────┴───────────┘
```

IPv4 addresses can be directly compared to IPv6 addresses:

```sql theme={null}
SELECT toIPv4('127.0.0.1') = toIPv6('::ffff:127.0.0.1');
```

```text theme={null}
┌─equals(toIPv4('127.0.0.1'), toIPv6('::ffff:127.0.0.1'))─┐
│                                                       1 │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
```

**See Also**

* [Functions for Working with IPv4 and IPv6 Addresses](/reference/functions/regular-functions/ip-address-functions)