Re: oids vs. serial question - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Sean Chittenden
Subject Re: oids vs. serial question
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Msg-id 20020304212043.K58596@ninja1.internal
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In response to Re: oids vs. serial question  ("Gregory Wood" <gregw@com-stock.com>)
Responses Re: oids vs. serial question
Re: oids vs. serial question
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> > as far as I understood the thing, take OIDs as 'internal' (they are
> > unique all over all databases) and do not use them to organize your
> > data.
>
> I think that sums it up nicely.
>
> > Is SERIAL still INT4 in v7.2?
>
> Yes, but there's now a BIGSERIAL (or SERIAL8 if you prefer).

OH COOL!!!!  Very useful!  Is that in the ever famous, "7.2 docs" that
are still pending release?  ::hint hint::  -sc

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Sean Chittenden

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