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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Fast reference without an index?
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pgsql@mohawksoft.com writes:
> Is there a way, and if I'm being stupid please tell me, to use something
> like a row ID to reference a row in a PostgreSQL database? Allowing the
> database to find a specific row without using an index?

ctid ... which changes on every update ...
        regards, tom lane

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