title: Formatting IPv6 as an int in C# and storing it in SQL Server
body: <p>Under <code>IPv4</code> I have been parsing the string representation of IP addresses to <code>Int32</code> and storing them as <code>INT</code> in the <code>SQL Server</code>.</p>
  
  <p>Now, with <code>IPv6</code> I'm trying to find out if there's a standard or accepted way to parse the string representation of <code>IPv6</code> to two <code>Int64</code> using <code>C#</code>?</p>
  
  <p>Also how are people storing those values in the <code>SQL Server</code> - as two fields of <code>BIGINT</code>?</p>