*
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *       $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c,v 1.172 2005/10/02 23:50:08 tgl Exp $
+ *       $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c,v 1.173 2005/10/03 02:45:12 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
                {
                        if (newrel)
                        {
+                               Oid             tupOid = InvalidOid;
+
                                /* Extract data from old tuple */
                                heap_deform_tuple(tuple, oldTupDesc, values, isnull);
+                               if (oldTupDesc->tdhasoid)
+                                       tupOid = HeapTupleGetOid(tuple);
 
                                /* Set dropped attributes to null in new tuple */
                                foreach (lc, dropped_attrs)
                                 * be reset shortly.
                                 */
                                tuple = heap_form_tuple(newTupDesc, values, isnull);
+
+                               /* Preserve OID, if any */
+                               if (newTupDesc->tdhasoid)
+                                       HeapTupleSetOid(tuple, tupOid);
                        }
 
                        /* Now check any constraints on the possibly-changed tuple */