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.
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