Re: oids vs. serial question

From: "Gregory Wood" <gregw(at)com-stock(dot)com>
To: <knut(dot)suebert(at)web(dot)de>
Cc: "PostgreSQL-General" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: oids vs. serial question
Date: 2002-03-04 12:32:43
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> as far as I understood the thing, take OIDs as 'internal' (they are
> unique all over all databases) and do not use them to organize your
> data.

I think that sums it up nicely.

> Is SERIAL still INT4 in v7.2?

Yes, but there's now a BIGSERIAL (or SERIAL8 if you prefer).

Greg

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