I have a script that updates one record in a PostgreSQL 7.2.1 database through the Perl DBI.
Here is the output from my log, which outputs the query sent to the DBI and the return value: --- Update query: UPDATE item SET status='SOLD' WHERE item_id=1129832 1 rows affected. Update query: UPDATE item SET status='STORE' WHERE item_id=1130081 0E0 rows affected. --- In both cases, the target record exists without question, and in the latter case, I receive the expected "UPDATE 1" when I execute the same query from within psql. Even more perplexing: the "0E0" occurs ONLY when setting status to 'STORE', and not 100% of the time. (though it happens far more often than not.) It seems to operate in stretches, too: when I am getting 1-row updates back from the latter query type, it happens several times in succession. Where do I even begin to attempt a diagnosis? ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly