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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [7.0.2] Negative OIDs?
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In response to Re: [7.0.2] Negative OIDs?  (Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>)
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Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu> writes:
>> I always thought that an OID was unsigned ...
>
> It is. But we cheat and use the int4 i/o routines. There are notes in
> the sources pointing this out.

We also cheat by using the int4 comparison routines, so sort order is
not what it should be ...
        regards, tom lane

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