Re: OID wraparound: summary and proposal

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: OID wraparound: summary and proposal
Date: 2001-08-02 23:15:45
Message-ID: 14610.996794145@sss.pgh.pa.us
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ncm(at)zembu(dot)com (Nathan Myers) writes:
> At the same time that we announce support for optional OIDs,
> we should announce that, in future releases, OIDs will only be
> guaranteed unique (modulo wraparounds) within a single table.

Seems reasonable --- that will give people notice that we're thinking
about separate-OID-generator-per-table ideas.

Right now we don't really document any of these considerations,
but I plan to write something as part of the work I'm about to do.

regards, tom lane

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