On 04/21/2016 07:53 AM, Melvin Davidson wrote:
>
> "Whether that is worthy or not is the point of your request and really
> depends on more input."
> Correct. And that is what I am looking for. Stating obscure corner cases
> does not rule out the need for an enhancement. If it did, there would be
> no point in any enhancement.
> As of yet, other than this will not work for certain cases, I have not
> heard any argument where this would cause harm to the PostgreSQL
> database (performance or security concern)
> or that this will take any great effort to implement, as I have already
> disproved that in a previous update.
Making OIDs a default column on user tables was probably not a great
effort either. Easy and all user tables got a built in PK, until folks
started pushing more data into their database and the OID counter
wrapped which had consequences for both user and system tables. Just
saying I would want to hear more from the folks that deal with the
internals.
>
> --
> *Melvin Davidson*
> I reserve the right to fantasize. Whether or not you
> wish to share my fantasy is entirely up to you.
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