From 2fb6e84baef22c466fe7a53ca67f6e4ef5dbe9ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 16:47:58 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add mention of OID wraparound.
---
doc/FAQ | 5 +++--
doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html | 5 +++--
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/FAQ b/doc/FAQ
index 87618d53ecf..7d97465073d 100644
--- a/doc/FAQ
+++ b/doc/FAQ
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
- Last updated: Fri Aug 29 21:40:10 EDT 2003
+ Last updated: Mon Sep 1 12:47:42 EDT 2003
Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
@@ -916,7 +916,8 @@ BYTEA bytea variable-length byte array (null-byte safe)
Finally, you could use the OID returned from the INSERT statement to
look up the default value, though this is probably the least portable
- approach. In Perl, using DBI with Edmund Mergl's DBD::Pg module, the
+ 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 $sth->{pg_oid_status} after
$sth->execute().
diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html
index 15455d041cf..10e269cf0d6 100644
--- a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html
+++ b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
alink="#0000ff">
<H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1>
- <P>Last updated: Fri Aug 29 21:40:10 EDT 2003</P>
+ <P>Last updated: Mon Sep 1 12:47:42 EDT 2003</P>
<P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href=
"mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</A>)<BR>
@@ -1152,7 +1152,8 @@ BYTEA bytea variable-length byte array (null-byte safe)
Finally, you could use the <A href="#4.16"><SMALL>OID</SMALL></A>
returned from the <SMALL>INSERT</SMALL> statement to look up the
- default value, though this is probably the least portable approach.
+ default value, though this is probably the least portable approach,
+ and the oid value will wrap around when it reaches 4 billion.
In Perl, using DBI with Edmund Mergl's DBD::Pg module, the oid
value is made available via <I>$sth->{pg_oid_status}</I> after
<I>$sth->execute()</I>.
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