> thanks for the response. oid is equivalent to oracle rowid.
I think there is a fundamentel difference between oid and rownum.
Oid is just a serial number. Rownum is a long string that tells
oracle where exactly the row is. So *I think* rownum can be
used for fast lookups, where oid, unless indexed, can't.
Other than that they are the same pretty much.
-- cary
