X-Original-To: pgsql-docs-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5E5B3A53D8 for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2005 05:28:56 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 32654-09 for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2005 05:28:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06CE23A5387 for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2005 05:28:30 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j0O5SCmG013045; Mon, 24 Jan 2005 00:28:12 -0500 (EST) To: Michael Fuhr Cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org Subject: Re: FAQ 4.15 misleading about uniqueness of OIDs In-reply-to: <20050124051036.GA39462@winnie.fuhr.org> References: <20050124051036.GA39462@winnie.fuhr.org> Comments: In-reply-to Michael Fuhr message dated "Sun, 23 Jan 2005 22:10:37 -0700" Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 00:28:12 -0500 Message-ID: <13044.1106544492@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.005 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200501/49 X-Sequence-Number: 2808 Michael Fuhr writes: > FAQ 4.15 "What is an OID? What is a TID?" is misleading about the > uniqueness of OIDs. It does mention the possibility of overflow > (while mentioning that nobody has ever reported it), The latter claim is surely obsolete, anyway. regards, tom lane