Force UTF-8 for database access

salilab · Aug 26, 2022 · af5bac2 · af5bac2
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diff --git a/python/saliweb/frontend/__init__.py b/python/saliweb/frontend/__init__.py
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ def _get_logged_in_user():
 
 def _get_user_from_cookie(c):
     dbh = get_db()
+    dbh.set_character_set('utf8')
     cur = MySQLdb.cursors.DictCursor(dbh)
     cur.execute('SELECT first_name,last_name,email,institution,modeller_key '
                 'FROM servers.users WHERE user_name=%s '

diff --git a/test/pyfrontend/MySQLdb/__init__.py b/test/pyfrontend/MySQLdb/__init__.py
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ class _MockConnection(object):
     def cursor(self):
         return _MockCursor()
 
+    def set_character_set(self, cs):
+        pass
+
     def commit(self):
         pass