| From: | "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com> |
|---|---|
| To: | Qingqing Zhou <zhouqq(at)cs(dot)toronto(dot)edu> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Ever increasing OIDs - gonna run out soon? |
| Date: | 2006-06-12 15:50:45 |
| Message-ID: | 20060612155045.GW34196@pervasive.com |
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On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 10:01:43AM +0800, Qingqing Zhou wrote:
>
> "John Sidney-Woollett" <johnsw(at)wardbrook(dot)com> wrote
> >
> > It looks like the db is using them at the rate of 1.5 million per day.
> > At what value will I hit a wraparound, and what options do I have to
> > identify/fix the (impending) problem.
> >
>
> The Oid will wraparound when it reaches the 32bits unsigned integer limit.
> If you don't use the oid explicitely in your application, then you don't
> worry about it.
Except IIRC the OP is running 7.4 which doesn't have checks in DDL code
to deal with OID collisions. :(
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