Re: [pgsql-hackers] Re: Extending System Views: proposal for 8.1/8.2

On Sun, Jan 23, 2005 at 12:43:15PM -0800, Josh Berkus wrote:
> BTW, People, I really don't see the point in prodiving a dual list -- that is,
> a list of OIDs in addition to the list of names provided in the columns of
> each view. The idea of these views is to keep the users *away* from
> technical details like OIDs, which can and will change with the advancing
> versions of PostgreSQL.

It's a question of if these views will also be used programatically.
ISTM that OIDs are the preffered method of refering to things in code
(in fact, aren't there some functions that only take OIDs?). If we want
to make names the cannonical way to reference things in code, then I
agree that there's not much use to OIDs.

Is the long term plan to remove OIDs entirely?
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