diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 81161514e4..1d7e88bd98 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@
 - [Issue #78](https://github.com/influxdb/influxdb/issues/78). Sequence numbers persist across restarts so they're not reused
 - [Issue #102](https://github.com/influxdb/influxdb/issues/102). Support expressions in where condition
 - [Issue #101](https://github.com/influxdb/influxdb/issues/101). Support expressions in aggregates
+- [Issue #62](https://github.com/influxdb/influxdb/issues/62). Support updating and deleting column values
 
 ## Bugfixes
 
diff --git a/src/api/http/api.go b/src/api/http/api.go
index d035e5dcf1..e6cc2016ff 100644
--- a/src/api/http/api.go
+++ b/src/api/http/api.go
@@ -234,20 +234,25 @@ func (self *HttpServer) query(w libhttp.ResponseWriter, r *libhttp.Request) {
 	}
 }
 
-func removeTimestampFieldDefinition(fields []string) []string {
-	timestampIdx := -1
+func removeField(fields []string, name string) []string {
+	index := -1
 	for idx, field := range fields {
-		if field == "time" {
-			timestampIdx = idx
+		if field == name {
+			index = idx
 			break
 		}
 	}
 
-	if timestampIdx == -1 {
+	if index == -1 {
 		return fields
 	}
 
-	return append(fields[:timestampIdx], fields[timestampIdx+1:]...)
+	return append(fields[:index], fields[index+1:]...)
+}
+
+func removeTimestampFieldDefinition(fields []string) []string {
+	fields = removeField(fields, "time")
+	return removeField(fields, "sequence_number")
 }
 
 func convertToDataStoreSeries(s *SerializedSeries, precision TimePrecision) (*protocol.Series, error) {
@@ -259,6 +264,7 @@ func convertToDataStoreSeries(s *SerializedSeries, precision TimePrecision) (*pr
 	for _, point := range s.Points {
 		values := []*protocol.FieldValue{}
 		var timestamp *int64
+		var sequence *uint64
 
 		for idx, field := range s.Columns {
 			value := point[idx]
@@ -281,6 +287,17 @@ func convertToDataStoreSeries(s *SerializedSeries, precision TimePrecision) (*pr
 				}
 			}
 
+			if field == "sequence_number" {
+				switch value.(type) {
+				case float64:
+					_sequenceNumber := uint64(value.(float64))
+					sequence = &_sequenceNumber
+					continue
+				default:
+					return nil, fmt.Errorf("sequence_number field must be float but is %T (%v)", value, value)
+				}
+			}
+
 			switch v := value.(type) {
 			case string:
 				values = append(values, &protocol.FieldValue{StringValue: &v})
@@ -300,8 +317,9 @@ func convertToDataStoreSeries(s *SerializedSeries, precision TimePrecision) (*pr
 			}
 		}
 		points = append(points, &protocol.Point{
-			Values:    values,
-			Timestamp: timestamp,
+			Values:         values,
+			Timestamp:      timestamp,
+			SequenceNumber: sequence,
 		})
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/datastore/leveldb_datastore.go b/src/datastore/leveldb_datastore.go
index 97f6b98c6e..d3c4dba1a3 100644
--- a/src/datastore/leveldb_datastore.go
+++ b/src/datastore/leveldb_datastore.go
@@ -281,10 +281,8 @@ func (self *LevelDbDatastore) WriteSeriesData(database string, series *protocol.
 			binary.Write(sequenceNumberBuffer, binary.BigEndian, *point.SequenceNumber)
 			pointKey := append(append(id, timestampBuffer.Bytes()...), sequenceNumberBuffer.Bytes()...)
 
-			// TODO: we should remove the column value if timestamp and sequence number
-			// were provided.
-			//  Paul: since these are assigned in the coordinator, we'll have to figure out how to represent this.
 			if point.Values[fieldIndex] == nil {
+				wb.Delete(pointKey)
 				continue
 			}
 
diff --git a/src/integration/benchmark_test.go b/src/integration/benchmark_test.go
index 48fb1c11ba..6c3d14ff80 100644
--- a/src/integration/benchmark_test.go
+++ b/src/integration/benchmark_test.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 	"testing"
@@ -683,6 +684,57 @@ func (self *IntegrationSuite) TestAggregateWithExpression(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(data[0].Points[0][1], Equals, 3.0)
 }
 
+func (self *IntegrationSuite) verifyWrite(series string, value, sequence interface{}, c *C) interface{} {
+	valueString := "null"
+	if value != nil {
+		valueString = strconv.Itoa(int(value.(float64)))
+	}
+
+	columns := `["time", "a"]`
+	points := fmt.Sprintf(`[[1386299093602, %s]]`, valueString)
+	if sequence != nil {
+		columns = `["time", "sequence_number", "a"]`
+		points = fmt.Sprintf(`[[1386299093602, %.0f, %s]]`, sequence, valueString)
+	}
+
+	payload := fmt.Sprintf(`
+[
+  {
+    "name": "%s",
+    "columns": %s,
+    "points": %s
+  }
+]`, series, columns, points)
+	err := self.server.WriteData(payload)
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+
+	bs, err := self.server.RunQuery("select * from " + series)
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+	data := []*h.SerializedSeries{}
+	err = json.Unmarshal(bs, &data)
+	c.Assert(data, HasLen, 1)
+	c.Assert(data[0].Columns, HasLen, 3)
+
+	if value != nil {
+		c.Assert(data[0].Points, HasLen, 1)
+		p := toMap(data[0])
+		c.Assert(p[0]["a"], Equals, value)
+		return p[0]["sequence_number"]
+	}
+	c.Assert(data[0].Points, HasLen, 0)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (self *IntegrationSuite) TestUpdatePoint(c *C) {
+	sequence := self.verifyWrite("test_updating_point", 1.0, nil, c)
+	self.verifyWrite("test_updating_point", 2.0, sequence, c)
+}
+
+func (self *IntegrationSuite) TestDeletePoint(c *C) {
+	sequence := self.verifyWrite("test_deleting_point", 1.0, nil, c)
+	self.verifyWrite("test_deleting_point", nil, sequence, c)
+}
+
 // test for issue #41
 func (self *IntegrationSuite) TestDbDelete(c *C) {
 	err := self.server.WriteData(`