> > record = db(db.table_x.id == row_id).select().first() > record['name'] = 'something else' > record.update_record() > > That's the one way you cannot do it. The problem is when you call .update_record() with no arguments, it takes all the existing fields in the record and uses them in the database update. It will therefore use the existing values of modified_by and modified_on. Typically, modified_by and modified_on get updated because they are excluded from the update call, which prompts the DAL to fill their values in automatically. But this mechanism breaks down when calling .update_record() with no arguments. We should probably add a note about this in the book.
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