[web2py] Re: update a field from a record from a table given all as parameters

2011-06-24 Thread Massimo Di Pierro
def update_my_field(tablename, columnname, id,value): db(db[tablename].id==id).update(**{columnname:value}) update_my_field(my_table,my_column,123,hello world) On Jun 24, 3:08 pm, Sebastian E. Ovide sebastian.ov...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, how can I do something like this: def

Re: [web2py] Re: update a field from a record from a table given all as parameters

2011-06-24 Thread Sebastian E. Ovide
I do not understand it, but it works ! (in the book says to do not confuse update with update_record because for a single row, the method update updates the row object but not the database record, as in the case of update_record) Thanks ! On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 9:24 PM, Massimo Di Pierro

[web2py] Re: update a field from a record from a table given all as parameters

2011-06-24 Thread Massimo Di Pierro
I should have added a return def update_my_field(tablename, columnname, id,value): return db(db[tablename].id==id).update(**{columnname:value}) and I did it because this fails more gracefully if the id is not found (returns 0). On Jun 24, 4:35 pm, Anthony abasta...@gmail.com wrote: Note,