Re: [PERFORM] OID vs overall system performances on high load

2005-05-29 Thread Neil Conway
On Sun, 2005-05-29 at 16:17 -0400, Eric Lauzon wrote: > So OID can be beneficial on static tables OIDs aren't beneficial on "static tables"; unless you have unusual requirements[1], there is no benefit to having OIDs on user-created tables (see the default_with_oids GUC var, which will default to

Re: [PERFORM] OID vs overall system performances on high load

2005-05-29 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Sun, 2005-05-29 at 16:17 -0400, Eric Lauzon wrote: > I am still in the dark due to my lack of knowledge on internal OID > management,but > i would presume that a table with OID enable and that has high load would > require > some more work from pgsql internal to maintain the OID index for the

Re: [PERFORM] OID vs overall system performances on high load

2005-05-29 Thread Tom Lane
"Eric Lauzon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am still in the dark due to my lack of knowledge on internal OID > management,but > i would presume that a table with OID enable and that has high load would > require > some more work from pgsql internal to maintain the OID index for the database. T

[PERFORM] OID vs overall system performances on high load

2005-05-29 Thread Eric Lauzon
I am still in the dark due to my lack of knowledge on internal OID management,but i would presume that a table with OID enable and that has high load would require some more work from pgsql internal to maintain the OID index for the database. So OID can be beneficial on static tables, or tables

Re: [PERFORM] OID vs overall system performances on high load

2005-05-28 Thread PFC
The OID column is an extra few bytes on each row. If you don't have any use for it (and let's face it: most of us don't), then create your tables "without OID". Also there are some useful hacks using the oid which don't work if it wraps around, thus preventing it from wrapping around by

Re: [PERFORM] OID vs overall system performances on high load

2005-05-27 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 13:05 -0400, Eric Lauzon wrote: > What are the effect of having a table with arround 500 > insert/update/delete on two to eight table in a time frame of 2 > minutes 24/24h, when you have oid enabled versus the same setup when > you dont have oid? > > That deployment is done o

[PERFORM] OID vs overall system performances on high load databases.

2005-05-27 Thread Eric Lauzon
What are the effect of having a table with arround 500 insert/update/delete on two to eight table in a time frame of 2 minutes 24/24h, when you have oid enabled versus the same setup when you dont have oid? That deployment is done on a postgres with 8 to 9 databases, each having those 2 to 8 hi