You can create a dict and pass to update: <code> def post_update(): ID = request.vars.id FIELD = request.vars.field VALUE = request.vars.value data = {FIELD: VALUE}
db(db.post.id==ID).update(**data) </code> Note: this solution is pure Python. No feature from Web2py here. On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 9:30 PM, Najtsirk <kristjan.stro...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > let say that i pass vars id, field & value to a controller. Than I want to > preform an update. > > def post_update(): > ID = request.vars.id > FIELD = request.vars.field > VALUE = request.vars.value > > db(db.post.id==ID).update(FIELD=VALUE) > > > This, obviously, does not work. How can I achieve that i can dinamically > update records? > > Best, > Kristjan > > > -- > Resources: > - http://web2py.com > - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) > - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) > - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "web2py-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.