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Add mention of OID wraparound.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
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Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
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Finally, you could use the OID returned from the INSERT statement to
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look up the default value, though this is probably the least portable
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approach. In Perl, using DBI with Edmund Mergl's DBD::Pg module, the
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approach, and the oid value will wrap around when it reaches 4
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billion. In Perl, using DBI with Edmund Mergl's DBD::Pg module, the
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oid value is made available via $sth->{pg_oid_status} after
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doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html

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<H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1>
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<P>Last updated: Fri Aug 29 21:40:10 EDT 2003</P>
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<P>Last updated: Mon Sep 1 12:47:42 EDT 2003</P>
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<P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href=
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Finally, you could use the <A href="#4.16"><SMALL>OID</SMALL></A>
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returned from the <SMALL>INSERT</SMALL> statement to look up the
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default value, though this is probably the least portable approach.
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default value, though this is probably the least portable approach,
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and the oid value will wrap around when it reaches 4 billion.
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In Perl, using DBI with Edmund Mergl's DBD::Pg module, the oid
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value is made available via <I>$sth-&gt;{pg_oid_status}</I> after
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<I>$sth-&gt;execute()</I>.

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