Re: table oids and comments

From: Frank Bax <fbax(at)sympatico(dot)ca>
To: PostgreSQL List - Novice <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: table oids and comments
Date: 2008-06-21 03:23:19
Message-ID: 485C7427.6010605@sympatico.ca
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Mija Lee wrote:
> I think I'm a little confused about the something in the documentation:
>
> - I think table oids have been deprecated
> (http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/runtime-config-compatible.html)
>
> - It looks like the only way to retrieve the comments associated with a
> table is to use the function obj_descritption(object_oid, catalog_name).
> (http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/functions-info.html#FUNCTIONS-INFO-COMMENT-TABLE)
>
> Is this a different oid?

17.12: The use of OIDs in user tables is considered deprecated

9.19: System Information Functions

System functions access system tables; they do not access user tables.

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