Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 276AE650221 for ; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:13:18 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 31434-02 for ; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:12:53 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from lists.commandprompt.com (host-159.commandprompt.net [207.173.203.159]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A2CF64FD64 for ; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:12:58 -0300 (ADT) Received: from commandprompt.com (CPE001b63afe888-CM001adea9c5a6.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [99.236.211.160]) (authenticated bits=0) by lists.commandprompt.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m7QEFv3P023791 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:16:00 -0700 Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:12:52 -0400 From: Andrew Sullivan To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Restoring Backup With OIDs As Primary Key Message-ID: <20080826141251.GP10936@commandprompt.com> Mail-Followup-To: Andrew Sullivan , pgsql-admin@postgresql.org References: <7DA06115D1591D41A33328B737C1F4122F309E@svrect1.ect.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7DA06115D1591D41A33328B737C1F4122F309E@svrect1.ect.local> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0 (lists.commandprompt.com [207.173.203.159]); Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:16:01 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=none X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200808/166 X-Sequence-Number: 30011 On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 01:30:23PM +1000, Ben C wrote: > > Is there a way to increment the OID by changing a value in the system tables? I don't think so, but I just tried creating a table in 8.3 with a column named "oid", and it worked. Maybe you can load in your data that way, so that you don't need to change your application. (I'd test it a little more carefully for side effects than I just did, mind.) A -- Andrew Sullivan ajs@commandprompt.com +1 503 667 4564 x104 http://www.commandprompt.com/