# How to update existing data using Bubble Export?

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**Created:** [July 24, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://community.parabola.io/t/how-to-update-existing-data-using-bubble-export/854 "2020-07-24T23:43:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://community.parabola.io/t/how-to-update-existing-data-using-bubble-export/854/1 "2020-07-24T23:43:27Z")

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I’m really excited about the way [Parabola.io](http://Parabola.io) can be used to accomplish a much-needed workaround for [Bubble.io](http://Bubble.io) users who want to remotely connect to a MySQL database that only allows access to a whitelist of IP addresses:

**My goal**  
Since [Bubble.io](http://Bubble.io) applications are hosted on a dynamic IP address, the company is not able to provide a reliable IP address for users to whitelist in the MySQL database host security settings (as many hosts require).

But since [Parabola.io](http://Parabola.io) [does have](https://learn.parabola.io/docs/faqs) a reliable set of IP addresses, I can whitelist them in MySQL and then use [Parabola.io](http://Parabola.io) to remotely connect to my MySQL database, import, and then export it to my [Bubble.io](http://Bubble.io) application.

**My issue**  
But I’m encountering one big problem…I can’t figure out how to **update existing** data records in Bubble using Parabola. I have only successfully posted new records (using POST). When I try uploading the same thing twice and want it to simply update the existing record, it uploads duplicate records instead (even though I have set my ‘Primary Key’ column in Bubble).

When I try any other method offered in [Parabola.io](http://Parabola.io) (PUT, PATCH, or DELETE), I get the following error in Parabola:  
{  
“body”: {  
“message”: “Unrecognized method. Currently supported: get,post”,  
“status”: “ERROR”  
},  
“statusCode”: 405  
}

Since the [Bubble/Parabola documentation](https://parabola.io/recipes/process-bubble-data) seems to indicate it is possible to update existing records, can you please help me understand how I might accomplish that?

Thank you!

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