Re: OIDs (Or: another RTFM question?) - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Joel Rees
Subject Re: OIDs (Or: another RTFM question?)
Date
Msg-id 20020717103747.73BA.JOEL@alpsgiken.gr.jp
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In response to Re: OIDs (Or: another RTFM question?)  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: OIDs (Or: another RTFM question?)  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Re: OIDs (Or: another RTFM question?)  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Tom Lane explained:

> Basically what WITHOUT OIDS does for you is to reduce consumption of
> OIDs, thereby postponing wraparound of the 32-bit OID counter.  While
> the system itself isn't fazed by such a wraparound, user programs that
> look at OIDs might be.

How much of a pain would it be to make that a 64-bit counter? Would that
create conflicts with the SQL standard?

(No, I don't contribute code, so if that's a really stupid idea, just tell
me so.)

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Joel Rees <joel@alpsgiken.gr.jp>


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