From: | "Martin A(dot) Marques" <martin(at)math(dot)unl(dot)edu(dot)ar> |
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To: | Florent Guillaume <efgeor(at)noos(dot)fr> |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: is PG able to handle a >500 GB Database? |
Date: | 2001-01-22 21:19:01 |
Message-ID: | 01012218190104.06366@math.unl.edu.ar |
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El Lun 22 Ene 2001 17:56, Florent Guillaume escribió:
> > > select recordid from t1 where oid = $lastoid;
> > > Because the last select could return several lines.
> >
> > Shouldn't! oids are unique over the whole database server (I'm right on
> > this?) So you should have only one or non.
>
> Well, no, that's the point of this whole discussion. If you give it
> enough time, oids can wrap around, which apparently doesn't affect the
> functionning of the database but application that depend on unique oids
> could get hosed.
>
> Yes, the documentation is wrong.
Wow. I guess we need to hear what the developers have to say. AFAITIK oids
were unique. This paints a new panorama for me. :-( (not a very good one).
Saludos... :-)
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