Re: heap_create with OID?

From: Chris Bitmead <chrisb(at)nimrod(dot)itg(dot)telstra(dot)com(dot)au>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: heap_create with OID?
Date: 2000-07-07 00:46:35
Message-ID: 3965286B.DC2A95F@nimrod.itg.telecom.com.au
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Bruce Momjian wrote:

> Seems we should throw an error on rollover, or at least jump from 0 to
> 17k to skip the system oid's. That zero oid is going to cause a
> problem, perhaps. Of course, it is has never happened, but maybe we
> should do it for people's sanity.

Skipping the system oids is no guarantee things will keep working on
rollover. In fact I'm not sure it would help at all. The only way would
be to compress the existing oids via a utility or go to 64 bit. Has
anyone actually run out?

>

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