ETL: ContinentNameFromIP

Look up and return the continent name for an IPv4 address in dot-decimal notation. Use for geographic analysis in Integrate.io ETL pipelines.

Description

Extracts the continent name from a given IPv4 string (dot-decimal notation).

Syntax

ContinentNameFromIP(ip_address)

Examples

ContinentNameFromIP('69.59.196.211') returns ‘North America’

Notes

ContinentNameFromIP uses Maxmind for extracting the continent code.

Return value datatype

String

Impact of null value

If input is null, returns null. Returns null if the IP is invalid, also.