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If I am using the Sitecore desktop and have switched to view the web database in the bottom right corner, what happens if I perform a publish (assuming I have only the web DB as a publishing target).

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    That's a really good question! I was curious enough to decompile some code and from what I see it may behave like standard publishing from master to web. Meaning - if e.g. there are publishing restrictions and the date already passed, the item will be removed from the web database. And cache will be cleared. That is assuming you have only master and web database (no extra publishing targets defined under /sitecore/system/Publishing targets/. Would be more interesting if you add option to publish to master again ;) No tests executed so I won't post it as an answer. – Marek Musielak May 6 '17 at 13:49
  • And from what I see if you set /sitecore/system/Publishing targets/Internet as not publishable (e.g. publishing restrictions or workflow), and make sure it's not there in web database anymore, clicking publish after switching to web desktop would do nothing. – Marek Musielak May 6 '17 at 13:51
  • My experience is that it is just like master to web. I have accidentally created item in web and then published. My new accidental web items got deleted. Then I realized I was on the web database. – Chris Auer May 8 '17 at 2:43
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It looks like web compares to web when you publish from the web database. Installed a module with a lot of changes and published from web. The event looked the same in the log.

Sitecore Log

From web:

4788 22:43:54 INFO AUDIT (sitecore\admin): Publish, root: null, languages:en, targets:Internet, databases:web, incremental:false, smart:true, republish:false, children:false, related:true

4788 22:43:54 INFO AUDIT (sitecore\admin): [Publishing]: Starting to process 1 publishing options

From master

16620 22:45:36 INFO AUDIT (sitecore\admin): Publish, root: null, languages:en, targets:Internet, databases:web, incremental:false, smart:true, republish:false, children:false, related:true

16620 22:45:36 INFO AUDIT (sitecore\admin): [Publishing]: Starting to process 1 publishing options

Publishing Log

But when I look in the publishing log it tells a different story.

from web (No items updated):

4788 22:43:54 INFO [Publishing]: Starting to process 1 publishing options
4788 22:43:54 INFO [PublishOptions]: root:null, language:en, targets:Internet, database:web, mode:Full, smart:True children:True, related:True
3204 22:43:55 WARN SitePublish detected. PublishContext was overridden with DisableDatabaseCaches=True.
3204 22:43:55 INFO Starting [Publishing] - AddItemsToQueue
3204 22:43:55 INFO Finished [Publishing] - AddItemsToQueue in 0 ms
3204 22:43:55 INFO Starting [Publishing] - ProcessQueue
3204 22:43:59 INFO Finished [Publishing] ProcessQueue in 3720 ms
3204 22:43:59 INFO Publish Mode : Smart
3204 22:43:59 INFO Created : 0
3204 22:43:59 INFO Updated : 0
3204 22:43:59 INFO Deleted : 0
3204 22:43:59 INFO Skipped : 4593

from master (73 updated, 503 created):

16620 22:45:36 INFO [Publishing]: Starting to process 1 publishing options
16620 22:45:36 INFO [PublishOptions]: root:null, language:en, targets:Internet, database:web, mode:Full, smart:True children:True, related:True
10640 22:45:37 WARN SitePublish detected. PublishContext was overridden with DisableDatabaseCaches=True.
10640 22:45:37 INFO Starting [Publishing] - AddItemsToQueue
10640 22:45:37 INFO Finished [Publishing] - AddItemsToQueue in 0 ms
10640 22:45:37 INFO Starting [Publishing] - ProcessQueue
10640 22:46:42 INFO Finished [Publishing] - ProcessQueue in 65023 ms
10640 22:46:42 INFO Publish Mode : Smart
10640 22:46:42 INFO Created : 503 10640 22:46:42 INFO Updated : 73 10640 22:46:42 INFO Deleted : 0
10640 22:46:42 INFO Skipped : 4523

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