Re: Using CTID system column as a "temporary" primary key

Hello!

We are looking for an equivalent of Informix ROWID or Oracle's ROWNUM.

Is the CTID a good choice?

I assume it must be used in a specific context, and of course not considered as permanent primary key.

I understand that if the row is updated, the CTID may change.

Will CTID be supported long term or is there any plan to remove it or hide it some day?

Of course, one should use a real primary key definition. However, we have legacy code to adapt to PostgreSQL, and in some cases, tables have a composite primary key. A first SELECT uses that primary key, but it also fetches the ROWID, and will use that one in a subsequent SELECT, UPDATE or DELETE, instead of carrying the composite pkey values.