Re: [SQL] keeping OID's when copying table

OK, I think Tom Lane fixed this by generating an error in 6.5 beta.


> ---Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us> wrote:
> >
> > Thank you for pointing out my error.  It should be:
> > 
> >         CREATE TABLE new_table (mycol int);
> >         INSERT INTO new_table (oid, mycol) SELECT oid, mycol FROM
> old_table;
> > 
> > I have updated the FAQ.
> 
> Hmm... now I don't get an error, but the oid isn't preserved. This is
> running 6.3.2 on RH Linux:
> 
> dmdemo=> CREATE TABLE new_table (mycol int);
> CREATE
> dmdemo=> CREATE TABLE old_table (mycol int);
> CREATE
> dmdemo=> insert into old_table values (33);
> INSERT 837643 1
> dmdemo=> select oid from old_table;
>    oid
> ------
> 837643
> (1 row)
> 
> dmdemo=> INSERT INTO new_table (oid, mycol) SELECT oid, mycol FROM
> dmdemo-> old_table;
> INSERT 837644 1
> dmdemo=> select oid from new_table;
>    oid
> ------
> 837644
> (1 row)
> 
> Further suggestions?
> 
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