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Add mention of OID wraparound.

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Bruce Momjian
2003-09-01 16:47:58 +00:00
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<H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1>
<P>Last updated: Fri Aug 29 21:40:10 EDT 2003</P>
<P>Last updated: Mon Sep 1 12:47:42 EDT 2003</P>
<P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href=
"mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</A>)<BR>
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Finally, you could use the <A href="#4.16"><SMALL>OID</SMALL></A>
returned from the <SMALL>INSERT</SMALL> 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 <I>$sth-&gt;{pg_oid_status}</I> after
<I>$sth-&gt;execute()</I>.