This is the shortcut db(db.mytab.id==mytab_id).update(cnt=db.mytab.cnt+1)
because it does it in one SQL statement Other ways, when they work, are equivalent to row = db.mytab(mytab_id) row.update_record(cnt=row.nct+1) ie.e. two statements. On Jul 1, 7:59 pm, weheh <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, that works now. My head is fuzzy today after all I've been > through. I had tried this: > > db.mytab[mytab_id]=dict(cnt=db.mytab.cnt+1) > > but that didn't work. Is there a "shortcut" syntax to do this? Just > curious, as the "longcut" is clearly just as short.

