automatically assigning catalog toast oids

John Naylor <jcnaylor@gmail.com>

From: John Naylor <jcnaylor@gmail.com>

To: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>

Date: 2018-12-09T00:57:17Z

Lists: pgsql-hackers

Attachments

assign-toast-oids-on-the-fly.patch (text/x-patch) patch

Commit 96cdeae07 added toast tables to most catalogs. One disadvantage
is that the toast declarations require hard-coded oids, even though
only shared catalogs actually need stable oids. Now that we can assign
oids on the fly, it makes sense to do so for toast tables as well, as
in the attached.

-John Naylor

Commits

Fix typo in transam.h for OIDs assigned by genbki.pl
- f0cce9fcb5fd 12.0 landed
Create a separate oid range for oids assigned by genbki.pl.
- 09568ec3d31b 12.0 landed
Remove WITH OIDS support, change oid catalog column visibility.
- 578b229718e8 12.0 cited
Add toast tables to most system catalogs
- 96cdeae07f93 12.0 cited