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 < massimo.dipie...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 update_my_field(tablename, columnname, id,value): > > db.tablename(id).update_record(columnname=value) > > > > update_my_field("my_table","my_column","123","hello world") > > > > thanks > > -- > > Sebastian E. Ovide > -- Sebastian E. Ovide