Re: Ever increasing OIDs - gonna run out soon? - Mailing list pgsql-general

On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 03:26:56PM -0400, Alex Turner wrote:
> Just a quick thought - I know that I don't fully understand tables with
> oids, and table without oids, is there a link to some more information about
> why you need oids, or why you don't that I could reference as I'm a bit lost
> on the subject of oids

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.FAQ.html#item4.12

Basically, it's best if you just don't use them.
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