proposed FAQ entry

From: David Gardner <david(at)gardnerit(dot)net>
To: pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: proposed FAQ entry
Date: 2007-06-23 00:48:25
Message-ID: 467C6DD9.3090407@gardnerit.net
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Earlier today I was tempted to start storing usesysid's as foreign keys
in one of my tables by doing:
SELECT usesysid FROM pg_user WHERE pg_user.usename= user;

My proposed FAQ entry is based on this mailing list post which convinced
me not to:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-novice/2005-04/msg00328.php

So the Question would be:

Q) How do I keep track of edits to a table? OR Can I use store usesysid
in my table to identify users?

A) No because usesysid values are not guaranteed to remain the same
after a restore, or upgrade. Instead store the user name as text, if
needed create your own user table and associate the user names with
integer keys.

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