This should work for appending strings to strings (not to lists of strings):

myrow = db((db.rated_items.user_id==auth.user.id) & 
 
(db.rated_items.item_id==request.args(0))).update(search_term=db.rated_items.search_term+str(request.vars.search_term)


On Thursday, 15 September 2016 17:00:09 UTC-5, Meinolf wrote:
>
> Hi there
>
> So far i only know how to update a record by replacing the old field value 
> with the new value. Suppose i want to append the search_term string value 
> the corresponding text field so that both values are stored, how can i do 
> that in this code:
>
> myrow = db((db.rated_items.user_id==auth.user.id) & 
>  
> (db.rated_items.item_id==request.args(0))).update(search_term=str(request.vars.search_term)
>
> Would appreciate any help!!
>

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