python encoding mysql :( [duplicate]

Answer 1

import MySQLdb

# connect to the database
db = MySQLdb.connect("****","****","****","****") #don't use charset here

# setup a cursor object using cursor() method
cursor = db.cursor()

cursor.execute("SET NAMES utf8mb4;") #or utf8 or any other charset you want to handle

cursor.execute("SET CHARACTER SET utf8mb4;") #same as above

cursor.execute("SET character_set_connection=utf8mb4;") #same as above

# run a sql question
cursor.execute("****")

...

#and make sure the mysql settings are correct, data too