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<H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1>
<P>Last updated: Tue Feb 12 12:14:52 EST 2002</P>
<P>Last updated: Tue Feb 12 12:18:09 EST 2002</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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<A href="#4.15.3">4.15.3</A>) Don't <I>currval()</I> and
<I>nextval()</I> lead to a race condition with other users?<BR>
<A href="#4.15.4">4.15.4</A>) Why aren't my sequence numbers reused
on transaction abort? Why are there gaps in the numbers of my
on transaction abort? Why are there gaps in the numbering of my
sequence/SERIAL column?<BR>
<A href="#4.16">4.16</A>) What is an <SMALL>OID</SMALL>? What is a
<SMALL>TID</SMALL>?<BR>
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backend, not by all users.</P>
<H4><A name="4.15.4">4.15.4</A>) Why aren't my sequence numbers reused
on transaction abort? Why are there gaps in the numbers of my
on transaction abort? Why are there gaps in the numbering of my
sequence/SERIAL column?</H4>
<P>To improve concurrency, sequence values are given out to running
transactions as needed and are now <i>locked</i> until the
transaction completes. This causes gaps in numbering from aborted
transactions.
transactions as needed and are not locked until the transaction
completes. This causes gaps in numbering from aborted transactions.
<H4><A name="4.16">4.16</A>) What is an <SMALL>OID</SMALL>? What is
a <SMALL>TID</SMALL>?</H4>