>But don't hold your breath ...
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>Actually, I intend to take a more active role in this.
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>Posting a half-assed (or worst) answer for the sake of a post, without even reading subsequent replies, should not be acceptable. :)

Kevin,

I wanted to help when I saw the question. My answer was perfectly acceptable and the extra details that UPDATE() can not distinguish between actual update and update with the same value were not required.