what is the use case for updating the row object instead of the
database? I sometimes use update() instead of update_record(), so I
would prefer update() threw an exception.

Is it worth adding the equivalent delete_record()?



On Nov 19, 10:43 am, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
> you can do
>
> del db.table[row.id]
>
> Mind that
>
> row.update(...)
>
> only updates the row object, not the database record.
>
> row.update_record(...)
>
> updates the database record.
>
> On Nov 18, 5:22 pm, Thadeus Burgess <thade...@thadeusb.com> wrote:
>
> > A feature to delete the record from the current object would be nice, like
> > the .update() method of the row, to have .delete()
>
> > row = db(db.table.id > 0).select().first()
> > ...
> > #do some other queries with row data
> > ...
> > row.delete() # i don't need row anymore, so purge it from database.
>
> > # I currently have to do
>
> > # db(db.table.id == row.id).delete()
>
> > -Thadeus
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