hi... a basic/new/curious question. i have the following sample tbl schema. i do the following update on the mysql command line and it updates for both cases. my question is why???
it was my understanding that the two cases are different and shouldn't both be triggered.the value of 'username' in the table is 'admin'. DROP TABLE IF EXISTS UserTBL; CREATE TABLE UserTBL ( username varchar(20) NOT NULL default '', passwd varchar(60) NOT NULL default '', pwFlg int(2) NOT NULL default '', fname varchar(20) NOT NULL default '', lname varchar(20) NOT NULL default '', email varchar(50) NOT NULL default '', `usertype` varchar(25) NOT NULL default '', `gid` tinyint(3) unsigned NOT NULL default '1', home_phone varchar(20) NOT NULL default '', company_phone varchar(20) NOT NULL default '', cell_phone varchar(20) NOT NULL default '', address1 varchar(20) NOT NULL default '', address2 varchar(20) NOT NULL default '', city varchar(20) NOT NULL default '', state varchar(20) NOT NULL default '', countryID varchar(20) NOT NULL default '', `active` enum('y','n') NOT NULL default 'n', enable int(1) NOT NULL default '', LoginStartTime timestamp NOT NULL default '', LoginLimit int NOT NULL default '', usergroup varchar(10) NOT NULL default '', userlevel varchar(10) NOT NULL default '', tmp_mail varchar(50) NOT NULL default '', `real_name` varchar(32) NOT NULL default '', `extra_info` varchar(100) NOT NULL default '', `access_level` tinyint(4) NOT NULL default '0', `registerDate` datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00', `lastvisitDate` datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00', ID int(5) NOT NULL auto_increment, UNIQUE KEY ID (ID), unique (username), KEY `usertype` (`usertype`) ) TYPE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1; update UserTBL set gid='25', usertype='Super Administrator11' where username='ADmin'; update UserTBL set gid='25', usertype='Super Administrator11' where username='admin'; 'username' = 'admin' in the tabls... thanks -bruce [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]