Re: deprecating the use of OIDs

From: greg(at)turnstep(dot)com
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: deprecating the use of OIDs
Date: 2003-09-29 22:18:01
Message-ID: 0a20215fe3dee20c44e330c750df7b62@biglumber.com
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> I think most people on this list will agree that having OIDs on user
> tables is a Bad Thing. For some previous discussion of why, see:
> ...
> Objections, comments, etc. are welcome.

The GUC route sounds good. I'd like to see ctid handling beefed up at the
same time. For example, some operators such as != would be nice and might
ease the pain a little for people used to using oids as their "tuple id" :)

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Greg Sabino Mullane greg(at)turnstep(dot)com
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