OIDs - can they be used for accessing records ?

From: Derek Clarkson <dhc(at)bigpond(dot)net(dot)au>
To: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: OIDs - can they be used for accessing records ?
Date: 2003-01-29 05:50:47
Message-ID: 200301291650.47888.dhc@bigpond.net.au
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Hello everyone.
I am currently designing a DB and was wondering whether the OIDs assigned to
each record could also be used as foreign keys links ? is this a good idea
instead of using sequences ? Pros ? Cons ?

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Derek Clarkson
Web: http://users/bigpond/net/au/drekka

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