Proper approach to updating model object with 100 attributes.

Hi List:

I have a Django model with over 100 fields in it that is loaded from a data feed.
Each row in the model has a unique field, let's call it item_id.
When loading new data, I'm first checking to see if item_id is in the table,
if it is, I want to update it with the new data from the new 100 fields.

To date, I've done things like:

obj = Model.objects.get(item_id = item_id_from_field)

and then.
obj.field1 = new_field1
etc.

However, for 100 fields, I'd like to find something a bit cleaner than listing 100 fieldnames.
The data for the new 100 fields is in a nice dictionary.

When I create a new item, I'm able to do this:
obj = MyModel(**dictionary_of_field_values)

Is there something similar I can do with my obj once the data is retrieved?

Thanks
--Ray

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Ray Cote, President
Appropriate Solutions, Inc.
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