Hi Alex, You wouldn't usually use factory if you are updating a specific DB record.
Anyhow update_record takes a dict: record.update_record(**dict(form.vars)) Maybe read the book chapter on forms again. Best wishes D On Sunday, 7 June 2015 06:50:38 UTC+1, Alex Glaros wrote: > > I cannot find a complete example of updating a record with factory > > can someone please write it out? > > record = db(db.auth_group.id > ==request.get_vars.specificRoleID).select().first() > form = SQLFORM.factory('record',default = record) > if form.process().accepted: > record.update_record(record = form.vars) > > thanks, > > Alex Glaros > -- 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.