Postgres adapter sets client_adapter to UTF8 https://github.com/web2py/pydal/blob/master/pydal/adapters/postgres.py#L147 Do you have the same problem without the as_dict? If you have direct (command line) access to the db, post the content of the field.
Paolo On Friday, January 2, 2015 4:03:41 PM UTC+1, Yebach wrote: > > decode('utf-8') crashes my view. and I can't find the error > > > 2014-12-30 19:37 GMT+01:00 Michele Comitini <michele....@gmail.com > <javascript:>>: > >> the string is a utf-8 encoded string not unicode object >> >> >>> print 'Moj\xc4\x8dca'.decode('utf-8') >> Mojčca >> >> >> >> 2014-12-30 15:32 GMT+01:00 Niphlod <nip...@gmail.com <javascript:>>: >> >>> let's tackle the problem from another side: if you avoid using DAL and >>> resort to "pure" psycopg2, does it work ? If yes, can you post the code ? >>> From there we can compare what DAL does and pinpoint the root cause >>> accordingly. >>> >>> On Tuesday, December 30, 2014 8:41:56 AM UTC+1, Yebach wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello >>>> >>>> Setting db_codec changes nothing >>>> >>>> 2014-12-29 17:21 GMT+01:00 Marco Mansilla <thebig...@gmail.com>: >>>> >>>>> El Mon, 29 Dec 2014 05:53:37 -0800 (PST) >>>>> Yebach <vid....@gmail.com> escribió: >>>>> >>>>> > hello >>>>> > >>>>> > I have a postgres dabatabase with utf8 encoding >>>>> > >>>>> > after executing >>>>> > workersDb = db(db.worker.w_organisation == org).select(db.worker.id, >>>>> > db.worker.w_nick_name).as_list() >>>>> > >>>>> > I get a list of dict where my strings are endoed as >>>>> > >>>>> > 'Moj\xc4\x8dca' >>>>> > >>>>> > where it should write Mojčca >>>>> > >>>>> > How do i set the encoding? >>>>> > >>>>> > Thank you >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> right at the end of the section >>>>> >>>>> http://www.web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/06/the- >>>>> database-abstraction-layer#Connection-strings--the-uri-parameter- >>>>> >>>>> Marco. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Resources: >>>>> - http://web2py.com >>>>> - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) >>>>> - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) >>>>> - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) >>>>> --- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>>>> Google Groups "web2py-users" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ >>>>> topic/web2py/uUf6xZaUY_Y/unsubscribe. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>>>> web2py+un...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Lep pozdrav >>>> >>>> Vid Ogris >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> Resources: >>> - http://web2py.com >>> - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) >>> - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) >>> - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "web2py-users" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to web2py+un...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> Resources: >> - http://web2py.com >> - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) >> - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) >> - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "web2py-users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/web2py/uUf6xZaUY_Y/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> web2py+un...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Lep pozdrav > > Vid Ogris > > > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.