Re: TIMESTAMP field not automatically updating last_updated field

[Ferindo Middleton Jr]

Hank wrote:
> Are the other fields in the update statement actually changing the
> data? I don't know for sure, but if the data on disk is the same as
> the update statement, mysql won't actually update the record, and
> therefore might not update the last_updated field also.  Just a
> thought.
>
>   
Yes, I understand that one concept. I have seen it before.... If you do 
an update on a record but the actually values that you are passing in 
the statement are the exact values as were there before, no update to 
the timestamp field is made because none of the records values actually 
changed....

But no, that is not my situation. I've tested it.... and I am actually 
changing the values in the table (of course not specifying a new value 
for the TIMESTAMP field) but still the TIMESTAMP field doesn't auto-update.

What disturbes me is that  it works fine in one particular  table but 
all the others it works.

Ferindo