Using, python 2.7 using 'mysql+pymysql' driver Code is very simple:
gcm_key = '\xfeE\x87\xe7\xc9\xe5\xec\xe0\x9c\xd6\x85\x11\xc7\xebd\ xe3\x7f\xd9\xfel\xe6\x86"j\xbe=\xf4\xd7\x95\x99F\x8f' model = Sample(gcm_key=gcm_key) session.add(model) Now what you said is to make it u'some string'. The string in question here is the gcm_key. So, I did this: gcm_key = gcm_key.decode('utf8') That throws an error: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xfe in position 0: invalid start byte On Thursday, June 9, 2016 at 10:04:49 AM UTC-4, Mike Bayer wrote: > > > > On 06/09/2016 09:52 AM, Ven Karri wrote: > > I am getting a UTF-8 error upon insert using sql alchemy ORM. The same > > query runs fine when I run using raw sql. Here's the ORM query: > > > > rotating_keys_object = rotating_keys_model( > > gcm_key=rot_gcm_key, > > nonce=rot_nonce, > > tag=rot_tag, > > operational_team_id=self.operational_team_id > > ) > > session.add(rotating_keys_object) > > > > Here's the error: > > > > DatabaseError: (raised as a result of Query-invoked autoflush; consider > > using a session.no_autoflush block if this flush is occurring > > prematurely) (DatabaseError) 1300: Invalid utf8 character string: > > 'FE4587' u'INSERT INTO rotating_keys (gcm_key, nonce, tag, > > operational_team_id) VALUES (%(gcm_key)s, %(nonce)s, %(tag)s, > > %(operational_team_id)s)' {'gcm_key': > > > '\xfeE\x87\xe7\xc9\xe5\xec\xe0\x9c\xd6\x85\x11\xc7\xebd\xe3\x7f\xd9\xfel\xe6\x86"j\xbe=\xf4\xd7\x95\x99F\x8f', > > > > 'nonce': 'o\xcb\x06\xe0\xe9\xech\xed\xed?T\xf4\xaf\x9a\xe1N', > > 'operational_team_id': 1, 'tag': > > ";p\xcce\xd2\xb8'\xf5\x89q\xc1\xa0\xfa\xff\x11\xf9"} > > when you deal with non-ascii values in Python, it's best to use an > encoding-neutral Python unicode object, in Py2K this is a string like > u'some string'. The conversion to utf8 is done by the database driver > when it is passed from your application to the driver. > > If that's not the problem here then you'd need to illustrate many more > details, including version of python in use, database driver in use, an > MCVE code example that we can run (see http://stackoverflow.com/help/mcve). > > > > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "sqlalchemy" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > an email to sqlalchemy+...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> > > <mailto:sqlalchemy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>>. > > To post to this group, send email to sqlal...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:> > > <mailto:sqlal...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>>. > > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sqlalchemy. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sqlalchemy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sqlalchemy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sqlalchemy@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sqlalchemy. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.