Re: using OID as primary key

Markus Wagner wrote:
> Hi,
>
> are there any disadvantages of using OID as the primary key for any
> table?
> What about referencing external tuples using their OIDs?
>
> e. g.:
> CREATE TABLE thistable
> ...
> field NUMERIC REFERENCES OtherTable (oid)
>
> Which data type should I use to reference OIDs?
>
> Will I run into problems later if I do my things this way?

Currently OID is not supported for references. Has to do with
some checks done in the RI triggers, using SPI functions.
We're thinking about a solution...

Jan

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