Re: how do I update only specific fields in model

Thanks for the replys. The more I learn about Django, the more I start to apreciate it. I still have a lot to learn, but compared with Drupal I already feel more comfortable about Django because there is much more control. This is my second Django week, but sometimes I seem to get stuck at sim

Re: how do I update only specific fields in model

On Jul 27, 1:53 pm, Josh wrote: Daniel already answered, just a couple observations: > 1. the id of the record is not known. Given your question ("update (...) fields in a model", which I assume mean : "update (...) fields in a model _instance_"), you obviously know the pk either directly (pass

Re: how do I update only specific fields in model

You already gave the answer. I just tried your solution and it worked. I was trying a wrong approach and was making it much more complex than it really is. My approach caused existing values to be overwritten by Null-values and only inserting the new values. Thanks for answering a newbie quest

Re: how do I update only specific fields in model

On Wednesday, July 27, 2011 12:53:52 PM UTC+1, Josh wrote: > > I want to update only specific fields in a model and keep the old values in > other fields. I've been working on this for a few days but I run out of > possible solutions.As far as I can see from the documentation and internet > the