GAE - How Do i edit / update the datastore in python

Question

I have this datastore model

class Project(db.Model)
projectname = db.StringProperty()
projecturl = db.StringProperty()

class Task(db.Model)
project = db.ReferenceProperty(Project)
taskname= db.StringProperty()
taskdesc = db.StringProperty()

How do I edit the value of taskname ? say I have task1 and i want to change it to task1-project

Answer 1

Given an instance t of Task (e.g. from some get operation on the db) you can perform the alteration you want e.g. by t.taskname = t.taskname + '-project' (if what you want is to "append '-project' to whatever was there before). Eventually, you also probably need to .put t back into the store, of course (but if you make multiple changes you don't need to put it back after each and every change -- only when you're done changing it!-).

Answer 2

Probably the easiest way is to use the admin console. Locally it's:

http://localhost:8080/_ah/admin

and if you've uploaded it, it's the dashboard:

http://appengine.google.com/dashboard?&app_id=******

Here's a link:

Answer 3

oops sorry, Here is the formatted code:

taskkey = self.request.get("taskkey")
taskid = Task.get(taskkey)
query = db.GqlQuery("SELECt * FROM Task WHERE key =:taskid", taskid=taskid)

if query.count() > 0:
task = Task()
task.taskname = "task1-project"
task.put()

by the way I get it now. I changed the task=Task() into task = query.get() and it worked.

Thanks for helping by the way.