Re: feature request ctid cast / sql exception

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Vladimír Houba ml(dot) <v(dot)houba(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: feature request ctid cast / sql exception
Date: 2021-04-17 21:05:30
Message-ID: CAKFQuwZRgPBFExLJseqfuiy=0SXUiv3OBBqMA0PR8etk9Dt8ow@mail.gmail.com
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On Sat, Apr 17, 2021 at 12:58 PM Vladimír Houba ml. <v(dot)houba(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:

> I use ctid as a row identifier within a transaction in a Java application.
>

This doesn't present a very compelling argument since an actual user
declared primary key is what is expected to be used as a row identifier.
And as those are typically bigint if you follow this norm you get exactly
what you say you need.

David J.

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