Fixed #4214: added a bit of explicit info on updating FK fields to db-api.txt. Thanks, david@kazserve.org.

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@ -134,6 +134,15 @@ the database until you explicitly call ``save()``.
The ``save()`` method has no return value.
Updating ``ForeignKey`` fields works exactly the same way; simply assign an
object of the right type to the field in question::
joe = Author.objects.create(name="Joe")
entry.author = joe
entry.save()
Django will complain if you try to assign an object of the wrong type.
How Django knows to UPDATE vs. INSERT
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