You can use python's setattr function to do this: for k,v in fields.iteritems(): setattr(inst, k, v)
On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 8:37 AM, Chris Pagnutti <chris.pagnu...@gmail.com>wrote: > Say I have a model like > class MyModel(models.Model) > name = models.CharField(max_length=100) > number = models.IntegerField() > > In a script, I want to have something like > fields = {"name":"Joe", "number":5} > > And I want to update a MyModel instance using the fields dictionary, > something like this > inst = MyModel.objects.get(pk=2) > for k,v in fields.iteritems(): > inst.k = v # I tried with inst.F(k) = v and inst.eval(k) = v but > python doesn't like that either > > I hope I'm being clear in what I'm trying to do. The reason I have to do > it this way is that I don't know which model, and therefore fields, I'm > dealing with until run-time. > Please ask questions if this isn't clear. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/4ZtEPAjlksQJ. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.