Model

Let's begin with the model, or the database setup. Assume you have a very simple model setup as follows: 

from django.db import models

# Create your models here.
from django.db import models

class B(models.Model):
    b = models.CharField(max_length=10)
    c = models.CharField(null=True,max_length=10)

Interactive

By the way, you can interactively work with these database commands…


python manage.py shell
import django
django.setup()
from polls.models import B

Create

# Immediate create
result=B.objects.create(b="Joe")
# or
B(b='Joe').save()

# What's the difference from the two above?
#   ans)  Note the first method gets the result
vars(result)
{'_state': <django.db.models.base.ModelState at 0x105cf2128>,
 'b': 'Joe',
  'c': None,
   'id': 14}



# You can prove it was created
B(b='stuff').save()
B.objects.filter(b='stuff').count()
# returns 1


b=B.objects.create(b="Joe")
"""
  Now b gives you access to the following:

   b.id
     6

   b.b
    'Joe'
"""

Update

It’s probably easier to do this all in one shot…

r = B.objects.filter(b='Joe').update(b='Sam')
# r will now be equal the number of values updated
# r will equal 1,2 or whatever...

Or, you can do the following

r = B(b='stuff')
r.c = 'stuff2'
r.save()

# or
# If the value is not found, it returns 0
r=B.objects.filter(b='aslk').update(c='mo')
# Here r== 0, because the value was not found.


r = B.objects.filter(b='stuff')
if r.count() > 0:
   print(r[0].c)




t = TemperatureData.objects.get(id=1)
t.value = 999
t.save(['value'])

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3681627/how-to-update-fields-in-a-model-without-creating-a-new-record-in-django


Some References

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