On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 12:45:27AM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Gevik Babakhani wrote: > > Could someone explain the numbering logic in naming the relations? > > There is none. The numbers are presumably assigned in some > lowest-available manner, but over the years it has become pretty > random.
In the src/include/catalog directory there are two scripts, unused_oids and duplicate_oids. When you need a new oid you run the unused_oids and pick one somewhere near the rows with similar meaning. The numbers are so all over the place that you may as well consider them random... -- Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> http://svana.org/kleptog/ > Patent. n. Genius is 5% inspiration and 95% perspiration. A patent is a > tool for doing 5% of the work and then sitting around waiting for someone > else to do the other 95% so you can sue them.
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