Re: OID vs SERIAL? (Was: Re: [HACKERS] Sequences....)

> 
> I think it'd still be a good idea to have a system table containing the
> mapping from SERIAL columns to (OIDs of) their associated sequences.
> The atttypmod idea is just a trick to bypass having to do lookups in
> this table for the most common operations on a SERIAL column.

But what use would a new system table be, if the atttypmod can do it for
us?


--  Bruce Momjian                        |  http://www.op.net/~candle maillist@candle.pha.pa.us            |  (610)
853-3000+  If your life is a hard drive,     |  830 Blythe Avenue +  Christ can be your backup.        |  Drexel Hill,
Pennsylvania19026