Re: introduce "default_use_oids"

Agreed.

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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Bruce Momjian writes:
>
> > Your patch has been added to the PostgreSQL unapplied patches list at:
> >
> > http://momjian.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/pgpatches
> >
> > I will try to apply it within the next 48 hours.
>
> This parameter ought to be called "default_with_oids", to reflect the
> actual effect.
>
> >
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> >
> >
> > Neil Conway wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 05:56, Manfred Koizar wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 20:00:22 -0400, Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >This patch adds a new GUC var, "default_use_oids"
> > > >
> > > > Shouldn't it be honoured by CREATE TABLE AS SELECT ... ?
> > >
> > > Good catch. I've attached an updated patch. I also included a few
> > > improvements to the docs.
> > >
> > > I think it would be a good idea to extend CREATE TABLE AS to allow WITH
> > > OIDS and WITHOUT OIDS to be specified, so that it provides a better
> > > option for people who need OIDs in their CREATE TABLE AS-generated
> > > tables than manually setting the default_use_oids GUC var (CREATE TABLE
> > > AS should also accept ON COMMIT ..., for that matter). But implementing
> > > this will require changing the internal representation of CREATE TABLE
> > > AS to be something more than just a wrapper over SelectStmt, I believe.
> > > I haven't made this change in the attached patch, but I'll probably do
> > > it before 7.5 is released. Any comments?
> > >
> > > -Neil
> > >
> >
> > [ Attachment, skipping... ]
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