There are several ways to UPDATE
using sqlalchemy
1) user.no_of_logins += 1
session.commit()
2) session.query(User).\
filter(User.username == form.username.data).\
update({'no_of_logins': User.no_of_logins + 1})
session.commit()
3) conn = engine.connect()
stmt = User.update().\
values(no_of_logins=User.no_of_logins + 1).\
where(User.username == form.username.data)
conn.execute(stmt)
4) setattr(user, 'no_of_logins', user.no_of_logins + 1)
session.commit()