Django snippets: Another means of updating a subset of a model's fields

from django.db import connection, transaction

def update(model_instance, *args):
    """
    Updates only specified fields of the given model instance.
    """
    opts = model_instance._meta
    fields = [opts.get_field(f) for f in args]
    db_values = [f.get_db_prep_save(f.pre_save(model_instance, False)) for f in fields]
    if db_values:
        connection.cursor().execute("UPDATE %s SET %s WHERE %s=%%s" % \
            (connection.ops.quote_name(opts.db_table),
             ','.join(['%s=%%s' % connection.ops.quote_name(f.column) for f in fields]),
             connection.ops.quote_name(opts.pk.column)),
             db_values + opts.pk.get_db_prep_lookup('exact', model_instance.pk))
        transaction.commit_unless_managed()

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Based on the UPDATE query section of Model.save(), this is another means of limiting the fields which are used in an UPDATE statement and bypassing the check for object existence which is made when you use Model.save().

Just make whatever changes you want to your model instance and call update, passing your instance and the names of any fields to be updated.

Usage example:

import datetime

from forum.models import Topic
from forum.utils.models import update

topic = Topic.objects.get(pk=1)
topic.post_count += 1
topic.last_post_at = datetime.datetime.now()
update(topic, 'post_count', 'last_post_at')

(Originally intended as a comment on Snippet 479, but comments aren't working for me)

Author:: insin
Posted:: November 23, 2007
Language:: Python
Django Version:: .96
Tags:: db model update
Score:: 2 (after 2 ratings)

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