I Wrote:

> From the mysql manual:
> 
> 'REPLACE works exactly like INSERT, except that if an old 
> record in the table has the same value as a new record for a 
> PRIMARY KEY or a UNIQUE index, the old record is deleted 
> before the new record is inserted. See Section 13.2.4, 
> "INSERT Syntax".'

It also says:

 Note that unless the table has a PRIMARY KEY  or UNIQUE index, using a
REPLACE statement makes no sense. It becomes equivalent to INSERT,
because there is no index to be used to determine whether a new row
duplicates another. 


... John

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