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   Gene Wirchenko to All   
   Re: update field with the same value   
   11 Feb 11 12:05:56   
   
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   From: genew@ocis.net   
      
   On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 11:14:55 -0800 (PST), migurus    
   wrote:   
      
   [snip]   
      
   >To see all pros and cons (complexity, extra effort, etc) I'd like to   
   >undesrtand is SQL Server smart not   
   >to update columns whose value was not changed?   
      
        It does not matter.  You can not do anything about it either way.   
   And if you did find out, it could easily change in another release.   
      
        (You are tilting at windwheels.)   
      
   Sincerely,   
      
   Gene Wirchenko   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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