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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml index 5ba8b9b2b3..3517dd58d0 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.307 2005/03/04 20:21:05 tgl Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.308 2005/03/13 09:36:30 neilc Exp $ --> <chapter Id="runtime"> @@ -3587,23 +3587,18 @@ dynamic_library_path = 'C:\tools\postgresql;H:\my_project\lib;$libdir' newly-created tables, if neither <literal>WITH OIDS</literal> 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>. - </para> - - <para> - To ease compatibility with applications that make use of OIDs, - this option should left enabled. To ease compatibility with - 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 those tables are created. + <command>SELECT INTO</command>. In <productname>PostgreSQL</> + 8.1 <varname>default_with_oids</> is disabled by default; in + prior versions of PostgreSQL, it was true by default. + </para> + + <para> + The use of OIDs in user tables is considered deprecated, so + most installations should leave this variable disabled. + Applications that require OIDs for a particular table should + specify <literal>WITH OIDS</literal> when creating the + table. This variable can be enabled for compatibility with old + applications that do not follow this behavior. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> |