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From David G. Johnston
Subject Re: feature request ctid cast / sql exception
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In response to feature request ctid cast / sql exception  (Vladimír Houba ml. <v.houba@gmail.com>)
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On Sat, Apr 17, 2021 at 12:58 PM Vladimír Houba ml. <v.houba@gmail.com> wrote:
I use ctid as a row identifier within a transaction in a Java application.

This doesn't present a very compelling argument since an actual user declared primary key is what is expected to be used as a row identifier.  And as those are typically bigint if you follow this norm you get exactly what you say you need.

David J.

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