Note, Massimo used db(db[tablename].id==id), which is a Set object (not a Row object), so the update method is appropriate.
On Friday, June 24, 2011 5:25:20 PM UTC-4, sebastian wrote: > 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 > <[email protected]>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" <[email protected]> >> 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 > > > > >
