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| author | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2003-09-01 16:47:58 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2003-09-01 16:47:58 +0000 |
| commit | 2fb6e84baef22c466fe7a53ca67f6e4ef5dbe9ff (patch) | |
| tree | 09b85da95ee034b062f9395e7ffee8ed474b7bbc /doc/FAQ | |
| parent | 05f4b03b239cbc69d32a8db966fcd63e35440b31 (diff) | |
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Add mention of OID wraparound.
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL - Last updated: Fri Aug 29 21:40:10 EDT 2003 + Last updated: Mon Sep 1 12:47:42 EDT 2003 Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us) @@ -916,7 +916,8 @@ BYTEA bytea variable-length byte array (null-byte safe) Finally, you could use the OID returned from the INSERT statement to look up the default value, though this is probably the least portable - approach. In Perl, using DBI with Edmund Mergl's DBD::Pg module, the + approach, and the oid value will wrap around when it reaches 4 + billion. In Perl, using DBI with Edmund Mergl's DBD::Pg module, the oid value is made available via $sth->{pg_oid_status} after $sth->execute(). |