Quite right, I was confusing it with QuerySet's update(), as demonstrated in the docs:
# Update all the headlines with pub_date in 2007. Entry.objects.filter(pub_date__year=2007).update(headline='Everything is the same') Regards Scott On May 13, 3:14 pm, Bill Freeman <ke1g...@gmail.com> wrote: > Update still takes exactly one argument: self. > > I'm still not completely clear on what the OP is trying to do so I'll > guess that for a given User object (id == 11) you want to adjust > a set of attributes not known apriori, but available as key - value > pairs from an itterator I'll call 'd.items()': > > user = User.objects.get(id=11) > for key, value in d.items(): > setattr(user, key, value) > user.save() > > > > > > On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 2:10 PM, zinckiwi <zinck...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> What if field_name and value coming from loop? > >> I have around 50 field and values in loop. > >> Can I do this? I know this is silly way to do but please guide how can > >> I do this? > > >> for key, value in users: > >> user."%s" = "%s" % (key, value) > > >> user.save() > > > Ah, I see. In that case you will want update(), yes, but you can't > > just pass a string to the method. Use the asterisk to convert a list > > into arguments, something like (I think): > > > list_of_arguments = ["%s=%s" % (key, value) for key, value in > > some_dictionary] > > user.update(*list_of_arguments) > > > Regards > > Scott > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Django users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
