Re: OIDs

From: Michael Loftis <mloftis(at)wgops(dot)com>
To: Philip Reimer <phre(at)wi(dot)uni-muenster(dot)de>
Cc: "'pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org'" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: OIDs
Date: 2002-04-29 04:39:03
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In general, 32-bits. Does depend on how big an unsigned int happens to
be on your particular platform. They can roll around back to the start
also so aren't a very good idea to use for uniqueness if you've got a
lot of rows you want tracked by oid...

Philip Reimer wrote:

>Hi everyone.
>I have a simple question which I couldn't find an answer to in any of the
>PostgreSQL documentations. How long is an OID in bits? Or otherwise, is
>there a limit to OIDs, how big is the biggest OID?
>Thanks,
>Philip
>
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