Re: Fw: OID

On Mon, 19 Aug 2002, Jules Alberts wrote:

> Is there any consensus aboit avoiding OIDs? I'm running a small test
> system right now using OIDs as a means to refer to BLOBs. Should I
> expect any trouble using OIDs in our future production system?

I don't know if there's a consensus, but I certainly avoid using OIDs
completely in my own tables. They're can wrap, for a start, so in a
really busy, large database you might end up getting one that you
already have. Also, I don't like "hidden" fields; if I'm going to refer
to soemething, I like it to be nice and obvious what's being referred
to. And of course they're not portable.

cjs
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