[web2py] Re: update with variable field (stored in variable)

[Anthony]

On Sunday, February 5, 2012 2:04:13 PM UTC-5, Serbitar wrote:
>
> I need to do something like this: 
>
> variable_field = 'val1' 
> x = 2 
> id = 1 
>
> db.define_table('a', 
>     Field('name', type = 'integer'), 
>     Field('val1', type = 'integer'), 
>     Field('val2', type = 'integer') 
> ) 
>
> db(db.a.id==id).update(variable_field=x) 
>

try .update(**{variable_field: x})

Anthony