func (manage *ManageController) Update() { o := orm.NewOrm() o.Using("default") flash := beego.NewFlash() // convert the string value to an int if articleId, err := strconv.Atoi(manage.Ctx.Input.Param(":id")); err == nil { article := models.Article{Id: articleId} // attempt to load the record from the database if o.Read(&article) == nil { // set the Client and Url properties to arbitrary values article.Client = "Sitepoint" article.Url = "http://www.google.com" if num, err := o.Update(&article); err == nil { flash.Notice("Record Was Updated.") flash.Store(&manage.Controller) beego.Info("Record Was Updated. ", num) } } else { flash.Notice("Record Was NOT Updated.") flash.Store(&manage.Controller) beego.Error("Couldn't find article matching id: ", articleId) } } else { flash.Notice("Record Was NOT Updated.") flash.Store(&manage.Controller) beego.Error("Couldn't convert id from a string to a number. ", err) } // redirect afterwards manage.Redirect("/manage/view", 302) }