Victoria, So I looked deeper in my PHP code (I wrote it in February 2002) and saw I use a REPLACE statement:
class persistent { // put method to save properties into the DB function put($thePrefix) { // job not done yet $returnValue = FALSE; // build table name and start the SQL REPLACE statement $sqlQuery = "REPLACE INTO ".$thePrefix.get_class($this)." SET "; // build the SQL REPLACE query foreach(get_object_vars($this) as $property=>$value) { $sqlQuery .= $property." ='".$value."', "; } // remove the ", " at the end of the string $sqlQuery = substr($sqlQuery, 0, strlen($sqlQuery)-2); // connect to the DB, put the object and close the DB if( $dbLink = mysql_connect(DBHOST, DBUSER, DBPASSWD) ) { if( mysql_select_db(DBNAME, $dbLink) ) { if( mysql_query($sqlQuery, $dbLink) ) $returnValue = TRUE; // job done } } mysql_close($dbLink); return($returnValue); // boolean } Etc.... This is PHP object code to make my member profiles (PHP objects) persistent in the DB. I use REPLACE so the member->put() method can be used to create or store change on member profiles. Therefore I looked at MySQL Manual: http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/REPLACE.html#IDX1431 << REPLACE works exactly like INSERT, except that if an old record in the table has the same value as a new record on a UNIQUE index or PRIMARY KEY, the old record is deleted before the new record is inserted. >> So the result was predictible, sorry having sollicited the list. JM -----Original Message----- From: Victoria Reznichenko [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 6:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: re: RE : Duplicate key delete record with same key BPF, Thursday, November 21, 2002, 4:36:58 PM, you wrote: BW> CREATE TABLE `reg_member` ( BW> `account` bigint(20) NOT NULL auto_increment, BW> `userid` varchar(48) NOT NULL default 'Your name', `uilogin` BW> tinyint(4) NOT NULL default '0', `id` varchar(48) NOT NULL default BW> '', `password` varchar(10) NOT NULL default '', BW> `joined` bigint(20) default NULL, BW> `expired` bigint(20) default NULL, BW> `status` varchar(20) NOT NULL default '', BW> PRIMARY KEY (`account`), BW> UNIQUE KEY `id` (`id`) BW> ) TYPE=MyISAM I tested it with 3.23.53 and it worked fine for me: mysql> update `reg_member` set id=4 where id=2; ERROR 1062: Duplicate entry '4' for key 2 -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Victoria Reznichenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php