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title: 'Use the updateExistingPivot() method to make changes to pivot columns on existing records'
tweet_id: '1499806907522961408'
thread_slug: weekly-thread-2022-09
author_username: mmartin_joo
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created_at: 2022-03-04T18:00:06+00:00
slug: use-the-updateexistingpivot-method-to-make-changes-to-pivot-columns-on-existing-records
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💡If you have a many-to-many relationship with a pivot table and extra columns, you can use the updateExistingPivot to update the extra column's value.

In this example, I need to update the status of a given subscriber: