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> Documentation for the IPv6 data type in ClickHouse, which stores IPv6 addresses as 16-byte values

# IPv6

<h2 id="ipv6">
  IPv6
</h2>

IPv6 addresses. Stored in 16 bytes as UInt128 big-endian.

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

```sql theme={null}
CREATE TABLE hits (url String, from IPv6) ENGINE = MergeTree() ORDER BY url;

DESCRIBE TABLE hits;
```

```text theme={null}
┌─name─┬─type───┬─default_type─┬─default_expression─┬─comment─┬─codec_expression─┐
│ url  │ String │              │                    │         │                  │
│ from │ IPv6   │              │                    │         │                  │
└──────┴────────┴──────────────┴────────────────────┴─────────┴──────────────────┘
```

OR you can use `IPv6` domain as a key:

```sql theme={null}
CREATE TABLE hits (url String, from IPv6) ENGINE = MergeTree() ORDER BY from;
```

`IPv6` domain supports custom input as IPv6-strings:

```sql theme={null}
INSERT INTO hits (url, from) VALUES ('https://wikipedia.org', '2a02:aa08:e000:3100::2')('https://clickhouse.com', '2001:44c8:129:2632:33:0:252:2')('https://clickhouse.com/docs/en/', '2a02:e980:1e::1');

SELECT * FROM hits;
```

```text theme={null}
┌─url────────────────────────────────┬─from──────────────────────────┐
│ https://clickhouse.com          │ 2001:44c8:129:2632:33:0:252:2 │
│ https://clickhouse.com/docs/en/ │ 2a02:e980:1e::1               │
│ https://wikipedia.org              │ 2a02:aa08:e000:3100::2        │
└────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────┘
```

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)────────────────────────┐
│ IPv6             │ 200144C8012926320033000002520002 │
└──────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────┘
```

IPv6 addresses can be directly compared to IPv4 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)