hey, On 12/08/2009 Christoph Burgmer wrote: > A string type column with a utf8_bin collation will not be converted to a > Python Unicode string, but instead will be returned as a utf8 (byte) string. > > The MySQL documentation though clearly states: "A nonbinary string has a > character set and is converted to another character set in many cases, even > when the string has a _bin collation"[1]. > > I understand that a string with utf8_bin collation is still a string and > thus should not be dealt with differently. The utf8_bin collation is > essential when working with Unicode without wanting the Unicode collation > algorithm to kick in.
thanks for the bugreport. i forwarded it to the upstream bug tracking system at sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2837134&group_id=22307&atid=374932 greetings, jonas
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