How to stop SpListItem.Update() method from recursively calling the ItemUpdated() event handler

When updating a SharePoint 2007 List Item within a custom event handler "ItemUpdated", we need to invoke the Update() method of the ListItem to commit changes to the MOSS DB. However when you invoked the Update() method within the "ItemUpdated" event handler, it triggers a recursive loop and keeps triggering the event again and again. For example:


public override void ItemUpdated(SPItemEventProperties properties)
{
SPListItem curListItem = properties.ListItem;
curListItem["Title"] = "Test";

curListItem.Update(); // This line triggers the event to fire again recursively

}

A possible solution is to use the Enable/Disable Event Firing methods available on the SPListItem object. For example:

public override void ItemUpdated(SPItemEventProperties properties)
{
SPListItem curListItem = properties.ListItem;
curListItem["Title"] = "Test";

curListItem.DisableEventFiring(); // Disables event firing temporarily before performing update

curListItem.Update(); // This line triggers the event to fire again recursively

curListItem.EnableEventFiring(); // Enables event firing once update is complete
}