Re: WIP: fix SET WITHOUT OIDS, add SET WITH OIDS

From: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>
To: Marko Kreen <markokr(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: WIP: fix SET WITHOUT OIDS, add SET WITH OIDS
Date: 2009-02-09 13:38:27
Message-ID: 20090209133827.GE25179@svana.org
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On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 03:19:55PM +0200, Marko Kreen wrote:
> > Making pg_dump not output the WITH OIDS option on tables may be an
> > easier option.
>
> I don't like it - it would require more work from users, but does
> not seem to be any way safer. You usually do the check if db works
> on restore time, not dump time...

Another idea, have WITH OIDS just append a column to the table called
OID with SERIAL type. People see them, go "whoops" and drop them.

Have a nice day,
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
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