oid's are not necessary for the table, just create the table without
oid's
oids are used by the system tables to reference each other.
ie create table foo ( id int ) without oids;
Dave
On Mon, 2004-04-26 at 11:07, Freddy Villalba Arias wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
>
> I’ve noticed that whenever I create a table, the DBMS is adding an OID
> column without my consent. I’ve also read that this behaviour can be
> modified (disabled) by setting the default_with_oid (to false, I
> suppose).
>
>
>
> What is the OID column for? How (and where) can I find (and disable)
> the default_with_oid flag?
>
>
>
> Then, a less important question for pgAdmin3 users: is it possible to
> manage (select / insert / update / delete) the system’s tables with
> this tool?
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Freddy.
>
>
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