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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
index b100a426e48..bf568f18113 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
@@ -7412,7 +7412,10 @@
A <type>bigint</type> key is displayed with its
high-order half in the <structfield>classid</> column, its low-order half
in the <structfield>objid</> column, and <structfield>objsubid</> equal
- to 1. Integer keys are displayed with the first key in the
+ to 1. The original <type>bigint</type> value can be reassembled with the
+ expression <literal>(classid::int::bit(64) &lt;&lt; 32 |
+ objid::int::bit(64))::bigint</literal>. Integer keys are displayed with the
+ first key in the
<structfield>classid</> column, the second key in the <structfield>objid</>
column, and <structfield>objsubid</> equal to 2. The actual meaning of
the keys is up to the user. Advisory locks are local to each database,