Merge changeset [3343] into rel_0_3 branch

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/databases/mssql.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/databases/mssql.py
index 6c7850185..875fa5952 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/databases/mssql.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/databases/mssql.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import sqlalchemy.schema as schema
 import sqlalchemy.ansisql as ansisql
 import sqlalchemy.types as sqltypes
 import sqlalchemy.exceptions as exceptions
+import sys
 
     
 class MSNumeric(sqltypes.Numeric):
@@ -733,7 +734,7 @@ class MSSQLDialect_pyodbc(MSSQLDialect):
 
     def supports_unicode_statements(self):
         """indicate whether the DBAPI can receive SQL statements as Python unicode strings"""
-        return True
+        return sys.maxunicode == 65535
 
     def make_connect_string(self, keys):
         connectors = ["Driver={SQL Server}"]