From 2fb6e84baef22c466fe7a53ca67f6e4ef5dbe9ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruce Momjian Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 16:47:58 +0000 Subject: Add mention of OID wraparound. --- doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/src') diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html index 15455d041cf..10e269cf0d6 100644 --- a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html +++ b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ alink="#0000ff">

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL

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Last updated: Fri Aug 29 21:40:10 EDT 2003

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Last updated: Mon Sep 1 12:47:42 EDT 2003

Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
@@ -1152,7 +1152,8 @@ 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. + default value, though this is probably the least portable 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(). -- cgit v1.2.3