Re: Dropping OID column

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Rod Taylor <rbt(at)rbt(dot)ca>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Dropping OID column
Date: 2003-01-16 21:59:58
Message-ID: 28036.1042754398@sss.pgh.pa.us
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-hackers

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Is there really a reason why OIDs can't be a pure user-space column?

We'd need some kluge to keep "SELECT *" from including OID. Also I'd be
a bit worried about the impact on the cost of HeapTupleGetOid --- it
might not matter, or it might.

regards, tom lane

In response to

Browse pgsql-hackers by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Nigel J. Andrews 2003-01-16 22:05:02 Re: Indexes
Previous Message Peter Eisentraut 2003-01-16 21:58:32 Re: Dropping OID column