Cross: I need GeoIP database

[Jozo]

Where can I download GeoIP database. I need to get country name of user on
my asp.net site. So I need geoip database in access format or sql server,
excel, text... I don't need software, only database. Where can I find it?

 

[Juan T. Llibre]

http://www.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/

 

[bruce barker]

you buy it from:

http://www.maxmind.com/app/ip-location

they supply weekly updates

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)

 

[Leon Mayne]

you buy it from:

http://www.maxmind.com/app/ip-location

they supply weekly updates

There is a free version, but it isn't as accurate, and doesn't get updated
as often.

 

[Cowboy \(Gregory A. Beamer\)]

Be careful that your code does error out if IP country is not found. One
prime example is local testing, which will be a block outside of the ranges
in the databases. You will likely find this exception thrown early, as you
will likely be testing locally, but it si something to consider.

 

[Juan T. Llibre]

re:
!> There is a free version, but it isn't as accurate, and doesn't get updated as often

Indeed. That's the one I linked to.

But, even their for-pay database isn't too accurate.
It consistently places me in Miami, even though I'm in the Dominican Republic.

The problem is that it registers IP address ranges by the *owner* of the range,
instead of by the physical location which the IP range serves.