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From: "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmchase.com>
To: "'Wolfgang Meiners'" <WolfgangMeiners01@web.de>, "'python-list@python.org'" <python-list@python.org>
Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 12:31:36 -0400
Subject: RE: sqlalchemy and Unicode strings: errormessage
Thread-Topic: sqlalchemy and Unicode strings: errormessage
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>line =3D unicode(line=2Estrip(),'utf8')=0D=0A>and now i get really utf8-st=
rings=2E It does work but i dont know why it works=2E For me it looks like =
i change an utf8-string to an utf8-string=2E=0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=0AI would like =
to point out that UTF-8 is not exactly "Unicode"=2E From what I understand,=
 Unicode is a standard while UTF-8 is like an implementation of that standa=
rd (called an encoding)=2E Being able to convert to Unicode (the standard) =
should mean you are then able to convert to any encoding that supports the =
Unicode characters used=2E=0D=0A=0D=0AAs you can see below a string in UTF-=
8 is actually not Unicode=2E (decode converts to Unicode, encode converts a=
way from Unicode)=0D=0A=0D=0A>>> type(u'test'=2Eencode('utf8'))=0D=0A<type =
'str'>=0D=0A>>> type('test'=2Edecode('utf8'))=0D=0A<type 'unicode'>=0D=0A>>=
> type('test'=2Eencode('utf8'))=0D=0A<type 'str'>=0D=0A>>> type(u'test')=0D=
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