TO_IPV4
IPV4 TO_IPV4(STRING ipv4_str)
This function like ipv4_string_to_num that takes a string form of IPv4 address and returns value of IPv4 type, which is binary equal to value returned by ipv4_string_to_num. If the IPv4 address has an invalid format, throw an exception.
Input cannot be NULL. If it is NULL, an exception will be thrown.
mysql> select to_ipv4('255.255.255.255'); +----------------------------+ | to_ipv4('255.255.255.255') | +----------------------------+ | 255.255.255.255 | +----------------------------+
TO_IPV4, IP