By the way, isn't it quite strange that same verb (update) being used to make two different things?
On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Anthony <abasta...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wednesday, November 16, 2011 8:57:10 AM UTC-5, Tito Garrido wrote: >> >> "sandbox/models/db_functions.py" >> >> def test(id): >> r=db.mytable[id] >> r.update(state=55) > > In the above, 'r' is a Row object, so all you are doing is updating the Row > object itself, not the original record in the db. To update the record, do: > r.update_record(state=55) > See http://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/06#update_record. > Anthony
