Re: OID wraparound: summary and proposal

On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 09:28:18AM +0200, Zeugswetter Andreas SB wrote:
> 
> > Strangely enough, I've seen no objection to optional OIDs
> > other than mine. Probably it was my mistake to have formulated
> > a plan on the flimsy assumption. 
> 
> I for one am more concerned about adding additional per
> tuple overhead (moving from 32 -> 64bit) than loosing OID's
> on some large tables. Imho optional OID's is the best way to combine 
> both worlds. 

At the same time that we announce support for optional OIDs,
we should announce that, in future releases, OIDs will only be 
guaranteed unique (modulo wraparounds) within a single table.

Nathan Myers
ncm@zembu.com