IP Address Conversions

[blacktiger]

Is there any way that i can get the IP address of a client, maybe from "REMOTE_ADDR" without having to convert it from a string with each octet seperated to a single 32 bit integer, so i can store it in a single field on my database, without manually converting the string, using decbin, bindec to the number? or storing it in 4 fields.
Since I won't be viewing the IP address, i don't need to see it, but i'd like to store it as efficiently as possible.

[Rohan_Hill]

Hmmm, I don't think there's any way to do that other than the method you described.

[planetsim]

Are you trying to get the Persons IP address then specify the Hosts Name like Getting Iprimus or AOL etc..

Try this

string gethostbyaddr ( string ip_address)