You might want to check the documention: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/ref/databases/#creating-your-database
There seem to be issues like this one: "The main thing to be aware of in this case is that if you are using MySQLdb 1.2.2, the database backend in Django will then return bytestrings (instead of unicode strings) for any character fields it receive from the database." so it's possible that you also suffer from some configuration problem. -- Tomasz Zielinski -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/f99Eg59gBwEJ. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.