How do I identify items purchased on iPad but not transferred to iTunes library?

In attempting to update the iOS on my iPad from 4.3 to 4.3.2, I get a message that I have items purchased on my iPad that have not been transferred to my iTunes library. It asks me if I want to continue with the update, or cancel it and first transfer my items purchased to my iTunes library before updating my iOS.
I have attempted to transfer these items in 2 ways. I have right-clicked my device in iTunes and selected "Transfer purchases", and a screen opens that tells me that it is transferring purchases to my iTunes library, but the sync completes very quickly and I suspect that nothing is synced. I also have used the File/Transfer Purchases from iPad menu in iTunes with the same result (message that it is transferring purchases, but the sync completes immediately). Yet every time I try to update to iOS 4.3.2 I get the same message that I have items purchased on my iPad that need to be transferred to my iTunes library.
At this point in time, I am uncertain whether I really do have items purchased on my iPad that need to be transferred to my iTunes library. Or if in fact I do, how do I identify such items as the Transfer Purchases approaches I have used in iTunes isn't transferring those items?
I could brute force it and maually compare every song and app I have purchased from iTunes to make sure they exist in my library, but with hundreds of apps and songs purchased, that could be a very time-consuming proposition. Ideas, anyone?

I've gotten this message with the last two upgrades. After 'transferring' purchases, it continued to appear.
I just disregarded the warning and everything seems fine now.

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