Re: OID wraparound (was Re: pg_depend)

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: OID wraparound (was Re: pg_depend)
Date: 2001-07-19 00:00:10
Message-ID: 200107190000.f6J00AF05219@candle.pha.pa.us
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> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > Remember most pg_description comments are not on column but on functions
> > and stuff. That attributenumber is not going to apply there.
>
> Sure, it'd just be zero for non-column items.

What do we do with other columns that need descriptions and don't have
oid column. Make the attribute column mean something else? I just
don't see a huge gain here and lots of confusion. User tables are a
different story.

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