Call database field "dynamically"

Hello everyone,
I get form data in my view - which should overwrite an existing data record in the database.

It would be very time-consuming to describe in detail why I use this - perhaps not nice - solution.

To my question:
In the loop I have the following data:

  • “project” to identify the correct data set.
  • “model_data_fiel”, the exact designation of the database field. (e.g. “url_address”)
  • “new_value” - the new value for this database field.

“update_model.model_data_field” doesn’t work of course - “update_model.url_adresse” would be correct. But how can I dynamically access a database field - is there a syntax for this?

for data in form_data:
    project = data.split("?%§?")[0]
    model_data_field = data.split("?%§?")[1]
    new_value = data.split("?%§?")[2]

    update_model = ProjectData.objects.get(project=project)
    update_model.model_data_field = new_value
    update_model.save()

Fields in a model instance are attributes of that model. You can reference an attribute of a model instance the same way you reference an attribute of any Python object - using the getattr function.