Re: OIDs as keys

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: daniel alvarez <d-alvarez(at)gmx(dot)de>
Cc: Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com>, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: OIDs as keys
Date: 2003-02-26 15:56:04
Message-ID: 29871.1046274964@sss.pgh.pa.us
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daniel alvarez <d-alvarez(at)gmx(dot)de> writes:
> Why should user-defined tables have OIDs by default?

At this point it's just for historical reasons. There actually is a
proposal on the table to flip the default to WITHOUT OIDS, but so far
it's not been accepted because of worries about compatibility. See
the pghackers archives a few weeks back.

regards, tom lane

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