If a tree falls in the woods and no one is around to hear it does it make a
sound?
Does it matter? How would you know since nothing changed? I bet it does.
Jim
"Niko" <nick_wakefield_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:9da94cd1.0210111725.229035be_at_posting.google.com...
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know that what the database does if you do an update and
> the value you are setting is the same as what you are setting it to.
>
> e.g
>
> SALES
> ID, VALUE
> 1 1000
> 2 2000
>
>
> update SALES set VALUE = 1000 where ID = 1;
>
> Does it not do the update or will it actually do the update eventhough
> the data is the same.
>
> TIA
Received on Sat Oct 12 2002 - 03:28:25 CDT
