affected_rows results to 0 if Active Record update data is the same

[eluser]rvillalon[/eluser]
I understand that the affected_rows returns 0 if the data being updated is the same. Is there an alternative to affected_rows to tell me that it still found the row even though it didn't update it because it was the same data?

Code:

/**
     * Updates entire user settings
     *
     * @param    int
     * @param    array
     * @return    object
     */
    function update_user_by_id($id, $data)
    {
        $this->db->where('user_id', $id);
        $this->db->update($this->user_profile_table_name, $data);
        
        if ($this->db->affected_rows() > 0) return TRUE;
        return FALSE;
    }