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Commit 1bb38bb4 authored by Neil Conway's avatar Neil Conway
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Minor documentation improvement.

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<Chapter Id="runtime">
......@@ -3063,19 +3063,19 @@ dynamic_library_path = 'C:\tools\postgresql;H:\my_project\lib;$libdir'
<term><varname>default_with_oids</varname> (<type>boolean</type>)</term>
<listitem>
<para>
This controls whether <command>CREATE TABLE</command>
and <command>CREATE TABLE AS</command> will include OIDs in
This controls whether <command>CREATE TABLE</command> and
<command>CREATE TABLE AS</command> will include OIDs in
newly-created tables, if neither <literal>WITH OIDS</literal>
nor <literal>WITHOUT OIDS</literal> have been specified. It
also determines whether OIDs will be included in tables
created by <command>SELECT INTO</command>. In
nor <literal>WITHOUT OIDS</literal> is specified. It also
determines whether OIDs will be included in tables created by
<command>SELECT INTO</command>. In
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> &version;
<varname>default_with_oids</varname> defaults to
true. This is also the behavior of previous versions
of <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>. However, assuming
that tables will contain OIDs by default is not
encouraged. This option will probably default to false in a
future release of <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.
<varname>default_with_oids</varname> defaults to true. This is
also the behavior of previous versions of
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname>. However, assuming that
tables will contain OIDs by default is not encouraged. This
option will probably default to false in a future release of
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.
</para>
<para>
......@@ -3084,8 +3084,7 @@ dynamic_library_path = 'C:\tools\postgresql;H:\my_project\lib;$libdir'
future versions of <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>, this
option should be disabled, and applications that require OIDs
on certain tables should explicitly specify <literal>WITH
OIDS</literal> when issuing the <command>CREATE
TABLE</command> statements for the tables in question.
OIDS</literal> when those tables are created.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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