Re: operators +/- with oids - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: operators +/- with oids
Date
Msg-id 29803.1073291461@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to operators +/- with oids  (ivan <iv@psycho.pl>)
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ivan <iv@psycho.pl> writes:
> why there are no operators +-*/ to oid data type ?

Why should there be?  Addition on OIDs seems like a meaningless
operation, at least for the intended usage of OIDs (namely as
opaque identifiers).

Yes, I know we have < and >= and similar operators on OID, but those
are only there to support btree indexes on OIDs.  Equality is the only
user-meaningful operator in the lot, IMHO.

If you are desperate you can cast OID to int4 and then arithmetize it
all you want.
        regards, tom lane


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