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Applies to: 
Databricks Runtime 18.2 and above
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Returns the canonical string representation of an IP address or CIDR block. Returns NULL instead of raising an error if the input is invalid.
Syntax
try_ip_as_string ( ip_or_cidr )
Arguments
ip_or_cidr: ASTRINGorBINARYvalue representing an IPv4 or IPv6 address or CIDR block.
Returns
A STRING representing the canonical string form of the IP address or CIDR block. For BINARY inputs, the binary representation is converted to its equivalent string form.
The function returns NULL if the input is NULL or invalid.
Examples
> SELECT try_ip_as_string('192.168.1.1');
192.168.1.1
> SELECT try_ip_as_string('2001:0db8:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001');
2001:db8::1
> SELECT try_ip_as_string('192.168.1.5/24');
192.168.1.0/24
> SELECT try_ip_as_string(X'C0A80101');
192.168.1.1
> SELECT try_ip_as_string(X'20010DB8000000000000000000000001');
2001:db8::1
> SELECT try_ip_as_string('invalid');
NULL
> SELECT try_ip_as_string(X'');
NULL
> SELECT try_ip_as_string(NULL);
NULL