[AccessD] masking question

It looks like that if you ping with the leading zeros it turns it into
octal.

"010" to base eight is "8" to base ten
"011" to base eight is "9" to base ten
"017" to base eight is "15" to base ten

Seem normal confusing network behaviour to me ;-)

Chris F (CCNA - failed)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Clark [mailto:John.Clark at niagaracounty.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 1:55 PM
> To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: RE: [AccessD] masking question
> 
> 
> I don't want leading zeros though...this gives really odd results. If
> you were to type, "ping 010.011.196.017", you are not going 
> to ping the
> intended address, but rather 8.9.196.15
> 
> I don't understand this myself...I'm trying to investigate what is
> actually happening on the network side of things, but either way, it
> means I can't store this way. Well, I could, but it would be 
> confusing.
> 
> >>> stuart at lexacorp.com.pg 2/8/2005 5:34:57 PM >>>
> On 8 Feb 2005 at 14:46, John Clark wrote:
> 
> >> I would guess that as the numbers are entered, the IP address is
> being
> >> thought of as 4 different pieces of data.  So, if you just used 4
> >> textboxes with sequential tab order and put periods between them,
> would that
> >> work?  
> 
> > Yeah...I've actually been contimplating this myself. It would
> probably
> > make sorting easier as well.
> > 
> So would forcing the leading zeros with "000.000.000.000"
> 
> -- 
> Stuart