On Thu, Jan 15, 1998 at 09:27:21AM +0700, Vadim B. Mikheev wrote:
> The Hermit Hacker wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 14 Jan 1998, Ralf Mattes wrote:
> >
> > > Yes, i agree. Mike's implementation is the way to go in a traditional
> > > realtional db (BTW, a question about oids: lurking on this list
> > > i overheard the idea of dropping oids. This would break a lot
> > > of my code! What's the last word on this ?).
> >
> > The last we discussed in pgsql-hackers was that OIDs would not be
> > dropped...
>
> ..but would be optional.
>
> Vadim
>
OIDs are a bastardization of the relational model. If you have to keep
them, then do so, but their use should be SEVERELY discouraged.
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