Re: Ever increasing OIDs - gonna run out soon?

From: "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com>
To: Alex Turner <armtuk(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>, John Sidney-Woollett <johnsw(at)wardbrook(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Ever increasing OIDs - gonna run out soon?
Date: 2006-06-12 20:38:06
Message-ID: 20060612203806.GC34196@pervasive.com
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On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 03:26:56PM -0400, Alex Turner wrote:
> Just a quick thought - I know that I don't fully understand tables with
> oids, and table without oids, is there a link to some more information about
> why you need oids, or why you don't that I could reference as I'm a bit lost
> on the subject of oids

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.FAQ.html#item4.12

Basically, it's best if you just don't use them.
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