Lonni J Friedman <netllama(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> OK, thanks. So is there any real benefit in doing this in a generic
> (non-dspam) sense, or is it just a hack that wouldn't be noticable?
> Any risks or potential problems down the line?
OIDs increase the storage requirements so they do slow postgres somewhat.
About (exactly?) the same impact as adding another integer column. That will
have a bigger impact on a narrow table than wider tables.
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greg