Re: heap_create with OID?

At 02:57 4/07/00 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>Philip Warner <pjw@rhyme.com.au> writes:
>> I am wondering if anyone can see an immediate problem in creating a
function:
>>     heap_create_oid
>> which is just like heap_create, but takes an oid arg. This oid (assuming
>> it's free) would be used to create the object.

>There's no inherent problem in forcing a particular choice of OID;
>initdb does it on every run.  The trick is to avoid a conflict of
>OID assignments.

I've modified the relevant routines up to and including  defining
lo_create_oid, and was wondering what the best way to procede in testing
the new routine might be...is there a document that decribes modifying the
standard set of functions and adding lo_create_oid?



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