API_edit record not updating records if there is no change

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Hello,
I have two tables that use API_edit to update records. One of them works like a charm and I can see that the table has been updated daily irrespective of a change in data. This table that works well has fields which are all populated with data. That is every field has a data element.
The other table that runs without error as shown below:
&lt;?xml version="1.0" ?&gt;&lt;qdbapi&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;action&gt;API_EditRecord&lt;/action&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;errcode&gt;0&lt;/errcode&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;errtext&gt;No error&lt;/errtext&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;rid&gt;459&lt;/rid&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;num_fields_changed&gt;0&lt;/num_fields_changed&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;update_id&gt;1699466034771&lt;/update_id&gt;&lt;/qdbapi&gt;
does not update the table. Zero fields were changed. This table has fields that may or may not hold data for that record. There is no other difference that I have been able to discern between the two tables. I would like to see this table also show an update date even if there is no change.
Does anyone know what may be causing this?
Thanks
Deepa
------------------------------Deepa Prashant------------------------------

chayceduncan · Answer

Do you have a field or data value in the first table that has some kind of timestamp associated with the table load? If you just want to see that something ran/changed - you can add a date/time field to table (2) and when you make your edit record call, include the value of 'Now' into that date/time field to enforce that at least one data point is changing with each daily run.

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Chayce Duncan
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deepaprashant1 · Answer

Hi Chayce,
No I do not have a field in the first table (the one that works as expected) that has a date/timestamp in it. That's what is puzzling me.
Here are the results from this table: every record has exactly 5 fields and each has data.
&nbsp;&lt;?xml version="1.0" ?&gt;&lt;qdbapi&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;action&gt;API_EditRecord&lt;/action&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;errcode&gt;0&lt;/errcode&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;errtext&gt;No error&lt;/errtext&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;rid&gt;77&lt;/rid&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;num_fields_changed&gt;5&lt;/num_fields_changed&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;update_id&gt;1699987690347&lt;/update_id&gt;&lt;/qdbapi&gt;
Whereas, the second table has address fields, and not all fields have data and hence some may have 8 fields to update whereas another may have 4 fields to update. I am not pulling in blank fields.

Tried pulling in blank fields and that too did not work. :-(------------------------------Deepa Prashant------------------------------

chayceduncan · Answer

In your first table - are you loading numeric fields by chance? It's possible that you're loading numbers as 10.0 where you're sending decimals and QB is treating the .0 as a change despite only saving 10 into the actual database.&nbsp;
In either case - if you're problem here is that you want the second table to sync up / show as having changed each day with the editRecord - I would suggest adding a date/time field and logging the value of now. Nothing in your data set seems to be picked up as having changed on a day over day basis, so if you want the record to show as modified, include a date/time field and in your edit record call include the value of 'now' each day so that you know it was processed.&nbsp;------------------------------Chayce Duncan------------------------------

deepaprashant1 · Answer

Hi Chayce,
No all my fields are strings in the table that works.
However, your solution of adding the modified date was a neat work around and is working as expected.
Thanks!------------------------------Deepa Prashant------------------------------

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