Re: How do I get an OID from a record in table?

Jaime Casanova wrote:

>On 11/26/05, Scott Simpson <Scott(dot)Simpson(at)computer(dot)org> wrote:
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>>If I create a table with an OID field type, how do I set that field type?
>>That is, I have to look up the OID value in another table somewhere to set
>>my OID field and I don't know how to do that. (I'm trying to get one field
>>to point to another record). ADVthanksANCE.
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>SELECT oid FROM your_referenced_table;
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>oid is an especial field that is present in all row unless you had
>specified WITHOUT OIDS...
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>i think in 8.1 WITHOUT OIDS is the DEFAULT...
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>it's not a good idea to do what you want to do... use a serial instead
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Jaime,
if one is not specifically using OIDs (as you described above), is
there any advantage to have tables defined WITH OIDs ? would it be
better to alter the tables to WITHOUT OID (and then pg_dump and load
again, i guess)

thanks!
Beto