Re: WIP: fix SET WITHOUT OIDS, add SET WITH OIDS

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Marko Kreen <markokr(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: WIP: fix SET WITHOUT OIDS, add SET WITH OIDS
Date: 2009-02-09 15:44:17
Message-ID: 49904F51.5070005@dunslane.net
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Marko Kreen wrote:
> But now that I learned that ALTER TABLE WITHOUT OIDS either causes bugs
> or requires table rewrite, it turned from minor annoyance to big annoyance.
> So I'd like have a reasonable path for getting rid of them, which we don't
> have currently. Removing them completely is simplest path, but adding
> extra features to support it is another.
>
> If we are talking about adding a feature, then I like retargeting
> pg_dump --oids from data-only flag to apply to both data and schema.
> Yes, this is incompatible change, but the change affects feature we
> are discouraging anyway.
>
>

How about a pg_dump flag that simply suppresses OIDs from the data and
schema?

cheers

andrew

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