id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc,stage,has_patch,needs_docs,needs_tests,needs_better_patch,easy,ui_ux 3180,[patch] update() method for model instances,Gary Wilson ,Adrian Holovaty,"{{{ #!rst Updating objects ================ The ``create(**kwargs)`` method is a convenience method for updating and saving an object all in one step. If we were to get an object:: p = Person.objects.get(pk=1) Then, we could update the person's first and last name like so:: p.update(first_name=""Bruce"", last_name=""Springsteen"") Note that this would be equivalent to the following:: p.first_name = ""Bruce"" p.last_name = ""Springsteen"" p.save() }}} The idea came from this discussion: http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers/browse_thread/thread/49a6b99dbcea4364/",enhancement,closed,"Database layer (models, ORM)",,normal,duplicate,,gary.wilson@…,Unreviewed,1,0,0,0,0,0