Rod at work (5/2/2016)
However in my testing I noticed that if I set it to what it already is, the UPDATE() function says I've modified it.
The UPDATE function has nothing to do with whether a value has changed or not. It returns TRUE if the column was included in the UPDATE statement, FALSE if it wasn't.
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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