On May 14, 2007, at 5:00 PM, Noam wrote:
> > Hello, > > I'm trying to use sqlalchemy to access a database which contains > unicode strings. When accessing the database through phpmyadmin the > values look ok. When accessing them through sqlalchemy I get question > marks instead of the characters which are not latin. > the standard approach to this is to use the "convert_unicode" argument to create_engine(). http://www.sqlalchemy.org/docs/dbengine.html#dbengine_options MySQLDB also has its own unicode-converting argument which is 'use_unicode': create_engine('mysql://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/test?use_unicode=1') issuing "set character set" on the connection is the least preferable approach (and that init_command thing is new to me). --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
