Hi Mart, to be able to use the key in the update you have to pass it in a dict. I would do:
id=db.local_user.insert(dateTime=datetime.now()) # you seem to be updating one rec only rec = db(db.local_user.id==id) for key,value in localUserDict.items(): if key in db.local_user.fields: rec.update(**{key:value}) db.commit() # after all updates are in or using a comprehension: id=db.local_user.insert(dateTime=datetime.now()) # you seem to be updating one rec only rec = db(db.local_user.id==id) [rec.update(**{key:value}) for key,value in localUserDict.items() if key in db.local_user.fields] db.commit() # after all updates are in Denes. On Jul 10, 11:55 pm, mart <msenecal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > shouldn't something lik this work? or maybe i'm missing something for > passing in a variable for a field name? > > id=db.local_user.insert(dateTime=datetime.now()) > for key in localUserDict.keys(): > for field in db.local_user.fields: > if field==key: > > db(db.local_user.id==id).update(field=localUserDict[key]) > db.commit() > > the exception is of course that the Field field does not belong to the > local_user table > > Thanks, > Mart :)