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From: John Gordon <gordon@panix.com>
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Subject: Re: sqlalchemy beginner
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:08:06 +0000 (UTC)
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In <mailman.2906.1321891043.27778.python-list@python.org> Jabba Laci <jabba.laci@gmail.com> writes:

> SAWarning: Unicode column received non-unicode default value.
>   Column('display_name', Unicode(255), default=''),

Perhaps it would help to supply the default value as a Unicode string
instead of a plain string?

  Column('display_name', Unicode(255), default=u''),

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