Re: oid size on 64 bit machine

From: Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Geoffrey <esoteric(at)3times25(dot)net>, pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: oid size on 64 bit machine
Date: 2004-11-12 01:19:29
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On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 14:34 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Geoffrey <esoteric(at)3times25(dot)net> writes:
> > Do I get more oids on a 64 bit machine?
>
> No.

Nor will OIDs ever be 64 bit, I'd hazard to guess.

In any case using OIDs in applications is a bad idea -- you probably
should not be using them at all, let alone using more than 2^32 of them.

-Neil

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