Re: Re: [SQL] maximum number of rows in table - what about oid limits?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Tim Barnard" <tbarnard(at)povn(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Re: [SQL] maximum number of rows in table - what about oid limits?
Date: 2001-06-08 14:41:22
Message-ID: 9576.992011282@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Tim Barnard" <tbarnard(at)povn(dot)com> writes:
> <snip>
> If it does happen, you can just retry the failed object-creation
> command until you get a nonconflicting OID assignment.
> <snip>

> Tom, or anyone who'd know for that matter, what is the
> exact error I would need to look for?

It'd be a complaint about attempt to insert a duplicate key into
the unique index on one of several system catalogs' OID columns.
There wouldn't be any earlier detection of the problem than that.

regards, tom lane

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