[postgis-users] oid field

[Aaron Koning]

'oid' is a database generated field containing unique values (one for each
row). In previous versions of PostgreSQL it was created by default, however
in newer versions it is not generated by default. The shp2pgsql loader
creates a 'gid' field that also contains unique values, therefore the need
for oid is moot (i.e. use gid instead of oid).

Aaron

On 6/19/06, Ezequias Rodrigues da Rocha <ezequias at recife.pe.gov.br> wrote:
>
> Could someone tell me what oid field does ?
>
> I am using JUMP to load data into PostGIS and it is not generating this
> king of column.
>
> I just think it is a problem is becouse didn't load the spatial_ref_sys
> table yet.
>
>
> Sincerely
> Ezequias
>
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