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## [The caveat of the MMDB file format as a database sample](https://community.ipinfo.io/t/the-caveat-of-the-mmdb-file-format-as-a-database-sample/2256)

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**Author:** [@Abdullah](https://community.ipinfo.io/u/Abdullah)\
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**Last updated:** [August 15, 2023, 3:56am UTC](https://community.ipinfo.io/t/the-caveat-of-the-mmdb-file-format-as-a-database-sample/2256 "2023-08-15T03:56:55Z")

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Should you use the binary file format to evaluate our data? The MMDB file format is a binary data format. Meaning that you need specialized tools such as our IPinfo MMDBctl tool or an MMDB reader library to get the infor…