diff --git a/synapse/storage/_base.py b/synapse/storage/_base.py
index 7ebd4f189d..740400d58b 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/_base.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/_base.py
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ class SQLBaseStore(object):
if lock:
self.database_engine.lock_table(txn, table)
- # Try to update
+ # First try to update.
sql = "UPDATE %s SET %s WHERE %s" % (
table,
", ".join("%s = ?" % (k,) for k in values),
@@ -502,23 +502,24 @@ class SQLBaseStore(object):
sqlargs = values.values() + keyvalues.values()
txn.execute(sql, sqlargs)
- if txn.rowcount == 0:
- # We didn't update and rows so insert a new one
- allvalues = {}
- allvalues.update(keyvalues)
- allvalues.update(values)
- allvalues.update(insertion_values)
+ if txn.rowcount > 0:
+ # successfully updated at least one row.
+ return False
- sql = "INSERT INTO %s (%s) VALUES (%s)" % (
- table,
- ", ".join(k for k in allvalues),
- ", ".join("?" for _ in allvalues)
- )
- txn.execute(sql, allvalues.values())
+ # We didn't update any rows so insert a new one
+ allvalues = {}
+ allvalues.update(keyvalues)
+ allvalues.update(values)
+ allvalues.update(insertion_values)
- return True
- else:
- return False
+ sql = "INSERT INTO %s (%s) VALUES (%s)" % (
+ table,
+ ", ".join(k for k in allvalues),
+ ", ".join("?" for _ in allvalues)
+ )
+ txn.execute(sql, allvalues.values())
+ # successfully inserted
+ return True
def _simple_select_one(self, table, keyvalues, retcols,
allow_none=False, desc="_simple_select_one"):
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