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fix: UpdateItem with no directives is a no-op upsert#119
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UpdateItem with only TableName + Key now matches DynamoDB: upserts a key-only item if missing, no-op if existing. Empty UpdateExpression ("") still rejected via tokenize_for.
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What
UpdateItemwith onlyTableNameandKey(noUpdateExpression, noAttributeUpdates) now matches DynamoDB:Empty
UpdateExpression("") still rejected viatokenize_for(preserves PR #24, commitef8b94f).Why
Closes #118
Testing done
Tested against real DynamoDB to confirm the expected behavior, then verified the fix against ExtendDB end-to-end. New tests:
validate_update_itemcoveringNone,Some({}), andSome("").TestUpdateItemcovering the missing-item upsert and existing-item no-op.Checklist
cargo test --workspace)cargo fmt --check)cargo clippy --all-targets --workspace -- -D warnings)Breaking changes
None.
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