Re: Dropping OID column - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Dropping OID column
Date
Msg-id 28036.1042754398@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Dropping OID column  (Rod Taylor <rbt@rbt.ca>)
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> Is there really a reason why OIDs can't be a pure user-space column?

We'd need some kluge to keep "SELECT *" from including OID.  Also I'd be
a bit worried about the impact on the cost of HeapTupleGetOid --- it
might not matter, or it might.
        regards, tom lane


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