Re: pg_stat_database shows userid as OID

On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 01:16:29PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl> writes:
> > In the pg_stat_activity view, the usesysid is shown as having type Oid.
> > However pg_shadow says it's an integer. Is there a reason?
>
> There's been disagreement for a long time over whether userids should be
> OIDs or ints. If you want to introduce consistency then it's going to
> take a lot more than a one-line patch. (First you'll need to convince
> the partisans involved which answer is the right one.)

Oh, I see. I wasn't aware of this. I don't really know which answer is
"the right one". I don't care a lot about this thing either, but I'll
keep it into my list of amusements, and will probably even dig into
the archives sometime.

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Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]dcc.uchile.cl>)
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