From ce2874d482ac9086dfd867df678cbf4f287ae990 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve Johnson Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 18:00:38 -0800 Subject: MySQL-Python <1.2.5 unicode compatibility note Unicode and UnicodeText columns will have str instead of unicode values when used with MySQL-python versions prior to 1.2.5. --- lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/mysql/mysqldb.py | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'lib/sqlalchemy') diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/mysql/mysqldb.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/mysql/mysqldb.py index c6942ae2d..b99b8f8d3 100644 --- a/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/mysql/mysqldb.py +++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/mysql/mysqldb.py @@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ MySQL-python version 1.2.2 has a serious memory leak related to unicode conversion, a feature which is disabled via ``use_unicode=0``. It is strongly advised to use the latest version of MySQL-Python. +:class:`~sqlalchemy.Unicode` and :class:`~sqlalchemy.UnicodeText` +columns will have :class:`str` instead of :class:`unicode` values when +used with MySQL-python versions prior to 1.2.5. """ from .base import (MySQLDialect, MySQLExecutionContext, -- cgit v1.2.1