On Wed, 2010-12-01 at 09:55 -0500, Vick Khera wrote: > On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 12:57 AM, Dann Corbit <dcor...@connx.com> wrote: > > The ctid is not permanent. An alternative is to create tables with OID > > values. > > Creating OIDs gives you zero benefit over having a PK. They would be > roughly equivalent if you added a unique index on the OID column, but > that is by no means automatic.
It is also a really bad idea considering the global nature of an OID. JD > -- PostgreSQL.org Major Contributor Command Prompt, Inc: http://www.commandprompt.com/ - 509.416.6579 Consulting, Training, Support, Custom Development, Engineering http://twitter.com/cmdpromptinc | http://identi.ca/commandprompt -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
