Saving Python Pickled objects in MySQL db

Question

I am pickling Python Objects in Django and saving it in MySQL db. So far i have followed these simple rules:

1. cPickle.dumps(object) #to convert

Answer 1

one more rule: connect to mysql with option charset=utf8?

UPD1: Sometimes it is a good idea to look at the complete SQL query, I usually do it that way:

>>> conn = MySQLdb.connect(**db_params)
>>> "INSERT INTO tbl VALUES (%s)" % conn.literal((your_pickled_item, ))