thanks for the confirmation!
On Nov 13, 12:43 pm, GAEfan <ken...@gmail.com> wrote: > Baron: > > That is exactly what key names are for. You can write over the same > entity (it has to have the same key name to be the same entity), and > no harm done. Or, if the key doesn't exist, create the entity. The > put() does both. > > thisEntity = thisModel.get_by_key_name('thisKey') > if not thisEntity: > thisEntity = thisModel(key_name='thisKey', trait1='hey', > trait2='there', etc.) > thisEntity.put() > else: > thisEntity.trait1 = 'changed to hello' (if you need to change > anything) > thisEntity.put() > > If you put the records again, there will not be duplicates, as the > key_name is unique. > > Bottom line: Don't make any model without creating an easy-to- > remember-and-call key_name. It will come in handy some day. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appeng...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=.