Re: OIDs

In general, 32-bits.  Does depend on  how big an unsigned int happens to
be on your particular platform.  They can roll around back to the start
also so aren't a very good idea to use for uniqueness if you've got a
lot of rows you want tracked by oid...

Philip Reimer wrote:

>Hi everyone.
>I have a simple question which I couldn't find an answer to in any of the
>PostgreSQL documentations. How long is an OID in bits? Or otherwise, is
>there a limit to OIDs, how big is the biggest OID?
>Thanks,
>Philip
>
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