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<H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1> |
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<P>Last updated: Tue Nov 21 10:37:54 EST 2006</P> |
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<P>Last updated: Tue Nov 21 23:16:54 EST 2006</P> |
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<P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href= |
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"mailto:bruce@momjian.us">bruce@momjian.us</A>) |
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<H3 id="item4.12">4.12) What is an <SMALL>OID</SMALL>? What is |
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a <SMALL>CTID</SMALL>?</H3> |
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<P>Every row that is created in PostgreSQL gets a unique |
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<SMALL>OID</SMALL> unless created <SMALL>WITHOUT OIDS</SMALL>. |
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O<SMALL>ID</SMALL>s are automatically assigned unique 4-byte |
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integers that are unique across the entire installation. However, |
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they overflow at 4 billion, and then the O<SMALL>ID</SMALL>s start |
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being duplicated. PostgreSQL uses <SMALL>OID</SMALL>s to link its |
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internal system tables together.</P> |
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<P>If a table is created <SMALL>WITH OIDS</SMALL>, each row |
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gets a unique a <SMALL>OID</SMALL>. O<SMALL>ID</SMALL>s are |
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automatically assigned unique 4-byte integers that are unique |
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across the entire installation. However, they overflow at 4 |
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billion, and then the O<SMALL>ID</SMALL>s start being duplicated. |
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PostgreSQL uses <SMALL>OID</SMALL>s to link its internal system |
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tables together.</P> |
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<P>To uniquely number rows in user tables, it is best to use |
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<SMALL>SERIAL</SMALL> rather than O<SMALL>ID</SMALL>s because |
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