# Problem to update a Localdb **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Created:** [April 20, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/problem-to-update-a-localdb/74972 "2019-04-20T15:47:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![IWendling](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/iwendling/32/31718_2.png) [@IWendling](https://community.thunkable.com/u/IWendling)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/problem-to-update-a-localdb/74972/1 "2019-04-20T15:47:52Z")
Hi People! I need your help! I am trying to update a cell in a local db to a specific value and display it for me. It displays correctly, but when I open the database, I see that the value there is still the old one. I mean, the display is correct, but my database remains inaltered. ![x](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/5/4/542ef73e81948d86b95412e6aa57f1b41dd53095.jpeg) (I have already set column to 2 and to “column2” and none will do. ![x2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/3/2/324aeb89418460ed1526b2ddb39d0e27b7a5cedc.jpeg) I don’t want to make it with airtable because it takes quite a long time to keep loading data from there. Another problem is that it also requires internet, and I am making this cards to learn german offline. ---
**Author:** ![Cian\_O\_Sullivan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/cian_o_sullivan/32/34494_2.png) [@Cian\_O\_Sullivan](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Cian_O_Sullivan)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/problem-to-update-a-localdb/74972/2 "2019-04-20T18:22:34Z")
There is a bug in the localdb. > [@Local DB - persistence of data values using the Local DB.SetCell method](http://community.thunkable.com/t/local-db-persistence-of-data-values-using-the-local-db-setcell-method/67896): > > Hi all, I was using the Local DB for the first time today for a simple “enter and then graph” data app (two fields), and I quickly discovered that (at this point in time) it isn’t possible to add rows to the Local DB. I thought a simple work around would be adding “dummy rows” and then manually keeping track of where the real last row is by way of a stored local variable. I did put values (non blank) within the dummy rows. While this strategy worked fine during any individual usage of the ap… ---
**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:13pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/problem-to-update-a-localdb/74972/3 "2024-11-08T12:13:59Z")