Re: [HACKERS] Oid Questions

> 
> 
> Hello.
> 
> Zeev Suraski  <zeev@php.net> is making some changes to the PostgreSQL code 
> in PHP3 so that the Oid is returned in the pg_exec funtion if it is an 
> insert.
> 
> What is the size of the Oid (unsigned, signed etc) and will it ever be 
> zero.

	typedef unsigned int Oid;

A zero value for OID is reserved for an Invalid OID.  If it returns a
zero, I would pass it back to the application.  You may want to call
libpq's PQoidStatus() to get this information.  That is a new function
for 6.2.1.

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Bruce Momjian
maillist@candle.pha.pa.us