Re: OID

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Manfred Koizar <mkoi-pg(at)aon(dot)at>
Cc: "Chris Boget" <chris(at)wild(dot)net>, "PGSql Novice" <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: OID
Date: 2003-01-20 20:52:22
Message-ID: 20813.1043095942@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Manfred Koizar <mkoi-pg(at)aon(dot)at> writes:
> On Mon, 20 Jan 2003 09:53:38 -0600, "Chris Boget" <chris(at)wild(dot)net>
> wrote:
>> How do you make use of it?
> My opinon: Don't use it.
>> What benefits does using OID provide?
> None that I know of.

See the discussion on this page:

http://www.ca.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/7.3/postgres/datatype-oid.html

which basically says "OIDs are best used only for references to system
tables".

regards, tom lane

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