I would not use exec. It is a bit slow and can be unsafe.
On Sep 13, 6:18 pm, Fran <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sep 13, 11:11 pm, Fran <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I want to db(query).update(fieldname=XXX) where fieldname is a > > variable, but whatever I try (like eval(fieldname) or `fieldname`) I > > get: > > SyntaxError: keyword can't be an expression > > Must be some trick I'm missing? > > exec("db(query).update(%s=XXX)" % fieldname) > > D'Oh ;) > > F
