How to correctly insert utf-8 characters into a MySQL table using python

Question

I am extremely confused and puzzled by how I store strings with unusual characters (to someone who is used to dealing with a UK English character set) in them.

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Answer 1

Did you try, this query set names utf8;

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import MySQLdb

mystring = "Bientôt l'été"

myinsert = [{ "name": mystring.encode("utf-8").strip()[:65535], "id": 1 }]

con = MySQLdb.connect('localhost', 'abc', 'def', 'ghi');
cur = con.cursor()

cur.execute("set names utf8;")     # <--- add this line,

sql = "INSERT INTO 'MyTable' ( 'my_id', 'my_name' ) VALUES ( %(id)s, %(name)s ) ; "
cur.executemany( sql, myinsert )
con.commit()
if con: con.close()