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

Answer 2

try:

query = u"INSERT INTO test(test) VALUES ('ñ')"

along with use_unicode = True.

Answer 3

Try adding 'use_unicode'.

The secret ingredient is to add a charset=”utf8″ to your connection parameters, and use_unicode=True. Source

db = MySQLdb.connect(host=DB_HOST, user=DB_USER, passwd=DB_PASS, db=DB_NAME, charset="utf8", use_unicode=True)

Answer 4

The MySQL client uses latin1 as its default character encoding. See http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/mysql-command-options.html#option_mysql_default-character-set

Use --default-character-set=utf8 when starting the mysql client.