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Re: maximum number of rows in table - what about oid limits?

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>

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From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Jonathan Bartlett <johnnyb6@sdf.lonestar.org>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>, pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Date: 2001-06-11T04:42:03Z
Lists: pgsql-general 
> Besides compatibility, what breaks when you make OIDs/Txn IDs
> INT8s?  Maybe there should be a minor fork called Postgres64 which does
> this for those needing large tables.  

We have delayed the problem of oid/xid wraparound by putting out good
releases so people upgrade every year or so.

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