| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Jonathan Bartlett <johnnyb6(at)sdf(dot)lonestar(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: maximum number of rows in table - what about oid limits? |
| Date: | 2001-06-08 14:38:02 |
| Message-ID: | 9559.992011082@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Jonathan Bartlett <johnnyb6(at)sdf(dot)lonestar(dot)org> writes:
> Besides compatibility, what breaks when you make OIDs/Txn IDs
> INT8s?
OIDs are part of the on-the-wire protocol (column type data returned
during a SELECT is in the form of OIDs). So extending OIDs to int8
would pose nontrivial client/server compatibility hazards.
> Maybe there should be a minor fork called Postgres64 which does
> this for those needing large tables.
I've been thinking it should be a compile-time option. But the protocol
issue is going to be a problem.
regards, tom lane
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