Most efficient way to store IP Address in MySQL

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Published on 2010-03-29T23:52:19Z Indexed on 2010/03/29 23:53 UTC
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What is the fastest way to store and retrieve IP addresses in MySQL? Right now I'm doing:

SELECT * FROM logins WHERE ip = '1.2.3.4'

Where ip is a VARCHAR(15) field.

Is there a better way to do this? I'm using Python.

Thanks.

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