Solved. I had to surround my folderpath field with smart_str according to http://docs.djangobrasil.org/ref/unicode.html#ref-unicode
The only change needed in the example was on the last line: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/published/www/django/catalog/music# cat demo.py import os import music.models as model import django.utils.encoding encode def checkpath(): album = model.Album.objects.get(slug='como-al-agua') return os.path.exists(encode.smart_str(album.folderpath)) I appreciate your time in helping me resolve this. Maybe this post will help someone else who runs into this problem. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---