- $ret = $dbw->update(
- 'category',
- array(
- 'cat_pages' => $result->pages,
- 'cat_subcats' => $result->subcats,
- 'cat_files' => $result->files
- ),
- array( 'cat_title' => $this->mName ),
- __METHOD__
- );
+
+ if ( $this->mID ) {
+ # The category row already exists, so do a plain UPDATE instead
+ # of INSERT...ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE to avoid creating a gap
+ # in the cat_id sequence. The row may or may not be "affected".
+ $dbw->update(
+ 'category',
+ array(
+ 'cat_pages' => $result->pages,
+ 'cat_subcats' => $result->subcats,
+ 'cat_files' => $result->files
+ ),
+ array( 'cat_title' => $this->mName ),
+ __METHOD__
+ );
+ } else {
+ $dbw->upsert(
+ 'category',
+ array(
+ 'cat_title' => $this->mName,
+ 'cat_pages' => $result->pages,
+ 'cat_subcats' => $result->subcats,
+ 'cat_files' => $result->files
+ ),
+ array( 'cat_title' ),
+ array(
+ 'cat_pages' => $result->pages,
+ 'cat_subcats' => $result->subcats,
+ 'cat_files' => $result->files
+ ),
+ __METHOD__
+ );
+ }
+