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