Inserting a variable as column name in sqlite3 python

[JellyCreeper6]

So how exactly do you do it? I have tried doing this -

'UPDATE Table SET {} WHERE name=?'.format(col) , [name])

and this -

'UPDATE Table SET %s WHERE name=?' % (col,), [name]

Both have been giving me the error of

Error:
OperationalError: near "WHERE": syntax error

. Is this even possible?

[Larz60+]

use the verb ALTER
It will add the new column as last column (required to maintain integrity of old table.
see: https://www.sqlitetutorial.net/sqlite-alter-table/

[JellyCreeper6]

use the verb ALTER
It will add the new column as last column (required to maintain integrity of old table.
see: https://www.sqlitetutorial.net/sqlite-alter-table/

Alter creates a new column, I would like to use a variable to search and update a pre-existing column.

[ibreeden]

After SET you should assign a value to a column. The syntax is:

Update <table_name>
Set <Column_name> = <value>
where <column_name = <another_value>