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Re: [QUESTIONS] Arrays (inserting and removing)

Karl Denninger <karl@mcs.net>

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From: Karl Denninger <karl@mcs.net>
To: "Vadim B. Mikheev" <vadim@sable.krasnoyarsk.su>
Cc: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>, Ralf Mattes <mattes@mhs.uni-freiburg.de>, Gyepi Sam <gsam@praxis-sw.com>, Michael J Schout <mschout@mail.gkg-com.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org, pgsql-questions@postgreSQL.org
Date: 1998-01-15T15:34:14Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Thu, Jan 15, 1998 at 09:27:21AM +0700, Vadim B. Mikheev wrote:
> The Hermit Hacker wrote:
> > 
> > On Wed, 14 Jan 1998, Ralf Mattes wrote:
> > 
> > > Yes, i agree. Mike's implementation is the way to go in a traditional
> > > realtional db (BTW, a question about oids: lurking on this list
> > > i overheard the idea of dropping oids. This would break a lot
> > > of my code! What's the last word on this ?).
> > 
> >         The last we discussed in pgsql-hackers was that OIDs would not be
> > dropped...
> 
> ..but would be optional.
> 
> Vadim
> 

OIDs are a bastardization of the relational model.  If you have to keep
them, then do so, but their use should be SEVERELY discouraged.

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