converting ip address to decimal number

[Paul Purvis]

hi
can somebody show me how to convert a ip address "201.202.203.204" to a decmial number so i can compare against a database like below to get the country's location.
thanks
it has to be there in poffs, but i just cannot locate this code.
i log all my internet traffic and want to see where traffic is coming from plus i have other uses for it.

thanks
paul






"1002176512","1002242047","APNIC","1103068800","HK","HKG","HONG KONG"
"1002242048","1002307583","APNIC","1103068800","SG","SGP","SINGAPORE"
"1002307584","1002373119","APNIC","1103241600","JP","JPN","JAPAN"
"1002373120","1002405887","APNIC","1103760000","CN","CHN","CHINA"
"1002405888","1002422271","APNIC","1161648000","JP","JPN","JAPAN"
"1002422272","1002430463","APNIC","1161820800","AU","AUS","AUSTRALIA"
"1002430464","1002432511","APNIC","1191196800","AU","AUS","AUSTRALIA"
"1002434560","1002438655","APNIC","1191196800","CN","CHN","CHINA"

[Marco Pontello]

hi
can somebody show me how to convert a ip address "201.202.203.204" to a decmial number so i can compare against a database like below to get the country's location.

It's just a sequence of four bytes values.
So, for example:

DecimalAddress = CVL(CHR$(204, 203, 202, 201))

Bye!

[Paul Purvis]

thanks Marco