Re: OIDs as keys - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: OIDs as keys
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Msg-id 29871.1046274964@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: OIDs as keys  (daniel alvarez <d-alvarez@gmx.de>)
List pgsql-performance
daniel alvarez <d-alvarez@gmx.de> writes:
> Why should user-defined tables have OIDs by default?

At this point it's just for historical reasons.  There actually is a
proposal on the table to flip the default to WITHOUT OIDS, but so far
it's not been accepted because of worries about compatibility.  See
the pghackers archives a few weeks back.

            regards, tom lane

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