I'm just gonna give an example. Please delete/close this if I'm wrong.

my current code:

if($photo->albumId    != $albumId)    $photo->albumId = $albumId;
if($photo->name        != $name)    $photo->name = $name;
$photo->save();

better code:

$photo->albumId = $albumId;
$photo->name = $name;
$photo->save();

fix required: in Zend_Db_Table_Row_Abstract old:

public function __set($columnName, $value)
{
    $columnName = $this->_transformColumn($columnName);
    if (!array_key_exists($columnName, $this->_data)) {
        require_once 'Zend/Db/Table/Row/Exception.php';
        throw new Zend_Db_Table_Row_Exception("Specified column \"$columnName\" is not in the row");
    }
    $this->_data[$columnName] = $value;
    $this->_modifiedFields[$columnName] = true;
}

new:

public function __set($columnName, $value)
{
    $columnName = $this->_transformColumn($columnName);
    if (!array_key_exists($columnName, $this->_data)) {
        require_once 'Zend/Db/Table/Row/Exception.php';
        throw new Zend_Db_Table_Row_Exception("Specified column \"$columnName\" is not in the row");
    }
    
    if($this->_data[$columnName] != $value) {
        $this->_data[$columnName] = $value;
        $this->_modifiedFields[$columnName] = true;
    }
}

This is not tested. Just to make clear what I want.

version: trunk 9228

// edit: made code readable // edit2: second attempt :D