Bugs item #1541671, was opened at 2006-08-17 00:48 Message generated for change (Tracker Item Submitted) made by Item Submitter You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1541671&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Python Library Group: Python 2.5 Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Zooko O'Whielacronx (zooko) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: bsddb can't use unicode filenames Initial Comment: with Python 2.5b3, Here is an attempt to use a unicode filename with bsddb: >>> dbe = db.DBEnv() >>> dbe.open(u'\u03b3\u03bb\u03ce\u03c3\u03c32', db.DB_CREATE | db.DB_INIT_MPOOL) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> __builtin__.UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 0-4: ordinal not in range(128) This is on Windows XP. Here are some indications that the underlying SleepyCat library ought to be able to do the right thing here: http://www.sleepycat.com/xmldocs/ref/build_win/unicode.html http://www.sleepycat.com/update/4.3.29/if.4.3.29.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1541671&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com