Re: oid's in views.

Aasmund,

> I don't use them in indexes foreign keys etc., however they are very
> usefull when your application tries to edit/update individual rows,
> as the oid is like a universal primary key.

You'd still be better off defining your own SERIAL columns and/or
primary keys and using those.  Some Trigger types require referencing
the OID, but that's about it.

-Josh

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