Mike Bernson wrote: > Database is mysql > > I am having a problem with unicode and binary type. > > I am using an XML parse the return Unicode strings. > > I have a table in mysql with the default character set as utf8 > > I set the charset to utf8 in the connect string to charset=utf8 > > I am trying to send a unicode string to the Binary column in the table and > get the following traceback > > What does the python side need to be so that the Binary type case accept > the data. > [...snip...] > UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\u201c' in > position 37: ordinal not in range(128)
The binary column types are expecting binary data- e.g. str instances, not unicode. The driver is trying to munge your unicode into bytes it can send over the wire and failing. So either encode/decode as utf8 in and out of the blob, or, better yet use a Unicode clob type instead and Unicode will go in and out automagically. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sqlalchemy" group. To post to this group, send email to sqlalchemy@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sqlalchemy?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
