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From: Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
To: Kris Jurka <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: FAQ on oids is out of date.
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 23:42:55 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>


Yep, the FAQ was _very_ out of date.  If you look at it now you will
find a lot of it has been updated.

Thanks.

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Kris Jurka wrote:
> 
> http://www.postgresql.org/files/documentation/faqs/FAQ.html#4.16
> 
> The FAQ on oids is out of date.  It claims that they are globally unique 
> and that no one has ever rolled over the oid counter.  This should be 
> changed to actively discourage their use.
> 
> Kris Jurka
> 
> ---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------
> TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your
>       joining column's datatypes do not match
> 

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