create or replace function ip_convert(strip in String) return integer
as
ip1 varchar2(10);
ip2 varchar2(10);
ip3 varchar2(10);
ip4 varchar2(10);
temp varchar2(20);
result integer;
begin
temp:=strip;
ip1:=SUBSTR(temp, 1,INSTR (temp, '.', 1,1)-1);
ip2:= substr(temp,INSTR (temp, '.', 1,1)+1,INSTR (temp, '.', 1,2)-length(ip1)-2 ) ;
ip3:= substr(temp,INSTR (temp, '.', 1,2)+1,INSTR (temp, '.', 1,3)-length(ip1)-length(ip2)-3 ) ;
ip4:= substr(temp,INSTR (temp, '.', 1,3)+1,length(temp)-length(ip1)-length(ip2)-4 ) ;
result:=to_number(ip1)*16777216+to_number(ip2)*65536+to_number(ip3)*256+to_number(ip4);
return(result);
end ip_convert;