Thread: pymssql: Problem with Unicode string

Hello!
I am using pymssql-1.9.908. And I have MSSQL2008 database server.
I ran following code from python 2.6:
-----------------------------------
        import pymssql
        conn = pymssql.connect(host='testserver', user='sa',
password='sa', database='testdb', as_dict=True)
        crms = conn.cursor()
        crms.execute('SELECT cc_Name FROM tblUsers')
        for line in crms.fetchall():
            print 'cc_Name:', self.unicodify(line['cc_Name'])
            break
        crms.close()
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the result is-> cc_Name: ?????, ???
But the actual data is "Аймаг, хот" and I expect that the output would
be "cc_Name: Аймаг, хот".

Here is my question:
How to get Unicode data from MSSQL database using pymssql library?

Any suggestion would be highly appreciated!
regards,
Orgil.D

On 29 January 2011 14:52, orgilhp <orgilhp@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello!
> I am using pymssql-1.9.908. And I have MSSQL2008 database server.
> I ran following code from python 2.6:
> -----------------------------------
>        import pymssql
>        conn = pymssql.connect(host='testserver', user='sa',
> password='sa', database='testdb', as_dict=True)
>        crms = conn.cursor()
>        crms.execute('SELECT cc_Name FROM tblUsers')
>        for line in crms.fetchall():
>            print 'cc_Name:', self.unicodify(line['cc_Name'])
>            break
>        crms.close()
> -----------------------------------
> the result is-> cc_Name: ?????, ???
> But the actual data is "Аймаг, хот" and I expect that the output would
> be "cc_Name: Аймаг, хот".
>
> Here is my question:
> How to get Unicode data from MSSQL database using pymssql library?
>
> Any suggestion would be highly appreciated!
> regards,
> Orgil.D

This is a PostgreSQL mailing list.  Please direct this question to an
MSSQL or Python list instead.

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On 29/01/2011 14:52, orgilhp wrote:
> Here is my question:
> How to get Unicode data from MSSQL database using pymssql library?

I think you'd have a better chance of getting an answer from a list on
MSSQL; this one is devoted to PostgreSQL.

That said, they're a helpful bunch around here, so you never know. :-)

Ray.

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