Aren't there a pretty big concerns when using OIDs as IDs to relate records
in different tables to each other? Wouldn't the OIDs be totally re-assigned
if you had to dump/restore your database?
Just a question to satisfy my own curiosity, thanks!
-Mitch
> Folks,
>
> Because it's a very elegant solution to my database structure issues,
> I'm using OID's extensively as referents and foriegn keys. However, I
> wanted to see if others had previous experience in this (answer as many
> as you like):
>
> 1. Is there a performance loss on searches and joins when I use the OID
> as a liniking field as opposed to a SERIAL column?
