Re: OID wraparound (was Re: pg_depend) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: OID wraparound (was Re: pg_depend)
Date
Msg-id 200107190000.f6J00AF05219@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to OID wraparound (was Re: pg_depend)  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: OID wraparound (was Re: pg_depend)  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > Remember most pg_description comments are not on column but on functions
> > and stuff.  That attributenumber is not going to apply there.
> 
> Sure, it'd just be zero for non-column items.

What do we do with other columns that need descriptions and don't have
oid column.  Make the attribute column mean something else?  I just
don't see a huge gain here and lots of confusion.  User tables are a
different story.

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