Re: postgres - oid question - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Oliver Elphick
Subject Re: postgres - oid question
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Msg-id 1180030732.12512.166.camel@linda.lfix.co.uk
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In response to postgres - oid question  ("bruce" <bedouglas@earthlink.net>)
List pgsql-general
On Thu, 2007-05-24 at 10:58 -0700, bruce wrote:
> Hi...
>
> In looking over a few sites via google, I'm trying to figure out what has to
> be added to the sql I have for creating TBLs that use OIDs. I'd rather have
> the cmds added to the sql file, than the postgres conf file...
>
> I can't find out what I have to add!
>
> I understand that OIDs are depricated, but the app I'm dealing with has
> them. I'm using v8.1 of postgres on Fedora 5.
>
> Any pointers are appreciated.

TO create one table with oids, use
   CREATE TABLE table_name (...) WITH OIDS;

To have all tables created with oids, set the config parameter
default_with_oids to true.  (It defaults to false from 8.1 onwards.)

Oliver Elphick


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