Re: OID Usage

Alvaro Herrera wrote:

>Most system catalogs use OIDs as primary keys.  So they cannot just
>disappear.  But on user tables, there's not a lot of use for them IMHO.
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Ok, I think it is about time it is stated more clearly in the documentation.

>There's no internal row id on Postgres; having one would mean more
>storage requirements.  If you want one, you know where to get it ... if
>not, you may as well save the space.
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So, how does a index relate to a row ? There have to be some way of
addressing a row ?

/BL