Re: Big 7.1 open items

On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Tom Lane wrote:

> "Hiroshi Inoue" <Inoue@tpf.co.jp> writes:
> > Please add my opinion for naming rule.
> 
> > relname/unique_id but    need some work        new pg_class column,    
> > no relname change.    for unique-id generation    filename not relname
> 
> Why is a unique ID better than --- or even different from ---
> using the relation's OID?  It seems pointless to me...

just to open up a whole new bucket of worms here, but ... if we do use OID
(which up until this thought I endorse 100%) ... do we not run a risk if
we run out of OIDs?  As far as I know, those are still a finite resource,
no? 

or, do we just assume that by the time that comes, everyone will be pretty
much using 64bit machines? :)