Re: pg_proc without oid? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: pg_proc without oid?
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Msg-id 20070219163403.GP28395@alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to Re: pg_proc without oid?  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Am Montag, 19. Februar 2007 16:50 schrieb Tom Lane:
> > Well, in the first place Gen_fmgrtab.sh is producing garbage:
> 
> Uh, ok, that needs fixing.
> 
> > In the second place, if you don't want to predetermine OIDs for your
> > functions then they shouldn't be in hardwired pg_proc.h rows at all.
> 
> Where else would you put them?

But _why_ wouldn't you want to have fixed OIDs for the functions?  I'm
not seeing the benefit.

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