How to update fields in a model without creating a new record in django?

Question

I have a model in django that I want to update only, that is, when I call it and set the data, it will not create a new record, only update the existing one. How can I do th

Answer 1

You should do it this way ideally

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

This allow you to specify which column should be saved and rest are left as they currently are in database. (https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/4102)!