Update model instance with dynamic field names

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Published on 2010-05-30T05:27:58Z Indexed on 2010/05/30 5:32 UTC
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What I want to do is pretty simple:

f=Foobar.objects.get(id=1)
foo='somefield'
bar='somevalue'
f.foo=bar
f.save()

This doesn't work as it tries to update the f object's 'foo' field, which of course doesn't exist. How can I accomplish this?

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