On Mar 25, 2010, at 5:10 PM, James Colannino wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I have a question. If I do a mysql query that updates a column in a row > to the same value, I get 0 rows affected. However, I also get 1 or more > matched rows. Is there a way that I can return the number of matched > rows, rather than the number of rows affected? > > I'm trying to get something done with as few SQL queries as possible. > Thanks! > > James > As for as I know, MySQL simply just doesn't report a row as being affected if nothing has changed in it. To get the number of matched rows, try doing a SELECT query before you do the UPDATE query. I don't know if that will produce the results you're looking for, but it might. Take care, Floyd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
