Re: Warning about oid/xid wraparound

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: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Warning about oid/xid wraparound
Date: 2001-09-16 05:22:35
Message-ID: 16854.1000617755@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
>> None of it is appropriate anymore...

> OID wraparound isn't a problem?

Well, it could be a problem if an app is relying on uniqueness of OIDs
without having installed an unique index on OIDs. However, I do not
think it is the business of the backend to issue nuisance warnings that
will come out whether an app is using unsafe practices or not.

regards, tom lane

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