Python strings have encode() method. See http://www.python.org/doc/2.3.5/lib/string-methods.html for official documentation. You can find examples of utf-8 conversion here: http://lazutkin.com/blog/2005/sep/23/code_rss_django/
Thanks, Eugene "Andreas Neumeier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hello, > > when generating a rss feed, i get the following: > > --- > There's been an error: > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py", > line 64, in get_response > response = callback(request, **param_dict) > > File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/django/views/rss/rss.py", line > 7, in feed > f = rss.get_registered_feed(slug).get_feed(param) > > File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/django/core/rss.py", line 96, > in get_feed > f.add_item( > > UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode bytes in position 25-30: > unsupported Unicode code range > --- > > I guess, I need to convert to UTF-8 when generating the feeditems in > the database. I use the (djangoproject.com) default tools. > > How may I convert the entries produced from the python script? > > Thanks! > > -- > Andreas Neumeier > Walter-Paetzmannstr. 9 > 82008 Unterhaching > Germany > +49(89)61098960 > +49(89)38077929 > +49(179)2431882 > http://andreas.neumeier.org > mailto:andreas(at)neumeier.org > UIN:14143331 > >
