Re: OID wraparound (was Re: pg_depend)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Larry Rosenman <ler(at)lerctr(dot)org>, Rod Taylor <rbt(at)barchord(dot)com>, Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: OID wraparound (was Re: pg_depend)
Date: 2001-07-18 21:32:28
Message-ID: 13136.995491948@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
>> Also, without OID's, how do you fix EXACT duplicate records that happen
>> by accident?

> How about tid's? SELECT tid FROM tab1.

"SELECT ctid", actually, but that is still the fallback. (Actually
it always was --- OIDs aren't necessarily unique either, Larry.)

regards, tom lane

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