DjangoUnicodeDecodeError when saving product with variations (in admin)

[stargazer33]

I created completely localized website in russian, so everything is in russian including product names, product variations and the SHOP_OPTION_TYPE_CHOICES

I entered the following in settings.py:

SHOP_OPTION_TYPE_CHOICES = (
(1, "Размер"),
(2, "Материал"),
)

Everything works fine until I try to create new variations and save the product with new variations in the admin. I press "save" and get DjangoUnicodeDecodeError.
So, somewhere there should be a bug. Hope the traceback below will be enough to indentify it.

Environment:


Request Method: POST
Request URL: http://localhost:8000/admin/shop/product/9/

Django Version: 1.5.1
Python Version: 2.7.3
Installed Applications:
('mezzanine.boot',
 'theme1',
 'django.contrib.auth',
 'django.contrib.contenttypes',
 'django.contrib.redirects',
 'django.contrib.sessions',
 'django.contrib.sites',
 'django.contrib.sitemaps',
 'django.contrib.staticfiles',
 'cartridge.shop',
 'mezzanine.conf',
 'mezzanine.core',
 'mezzanine.generic',
 'mezzanine.blog',
 'mezzanine.forms',
 'mezzanine.pages',
 'mezzanine.galleries',
 'mezzanine.accounts',
 'filebrowser_safe',
 'grappelli_safe',
 'django.contrib.admin',
 'django.contrib.comments')
Installed Middleware:
('django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
 'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
 'django.contrib.redirects.middleware.RedirectFallbackMiddleware',
 'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
 'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
 'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
 'cartridge.shop.middleware.ShopMiddleware',
 'mezzanine.core.request.CurrentRequestMiddleware',
 'mezzanine.core.middleware.TemplateForDeviceMiddleware',
 'mezzanine.core.middleware.TemplateForHostMiddleware',
 'mezzanine.core.middleware.AdminLoginInterfaceSelectorMiddleware',
 'mezzanine.core.middleware.SitePermissionMiddleware',
 'mezzanine.pages.middleware.PageMiddleware')


Traceback:
File "/home/dima/.virtualenvs/prj_inox/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py" in get_response
  115.                         response = callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs)
File "/home/dima/.virtualenvs/prj_inox/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/options.py" in wrapper
  372.                 return self.admin_site.admin_view(view)(*args, **kwargs)
File "/home/dima/.virtualenvs/prj_inox/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/utils/decorators.py" in _wrapped_view
  91.                     response = view_func(request, *args, **kwargs)
File "/home/dima/.virtualenvs/prj_inox/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/views/decorators/cache.py" in _wrapped_view_func
  89.         response = view_func(request, *args, **kwargs)
File "/home/dima/.virtualenvs/prj_inox/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/sites.py" in inner
  202.             return view(request, *args, **kwargs)
File "/home/dima/.virtualenvs/prj_inox/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/utils/decorators.py" in _wrapper
  25.             return bound_func(*args, **kwargs)
File "/home/dima/.virtualenvs/prj_inox/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/utils/decorators.py" in _wrapped_view
  91.                     response = view_func(request, *args, **kwargs)
File "/home/dima/.virtualenvs/prj_inox/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/utils/decorators.py" in bound_func
  21.                 return func(self, *args2, **kwargs2)
File "/home/dima/.virtualenvs/prj_inox/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/transaction.py" in inner
  223.                 return func(*args, **kwargs)
File "/home/dima/.virtualenvs/prj_inox/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/options.py" in change_view
  1107.                 change_message = self.construct_change_message(request, form, formsets)
File "/home/dima/.virtualenvs/prj_inox/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/options.py" in construct_change_message
  696.                                              'object': force_text(changed_object)})
File "/home/dima/.virtualenvs/prj_inox/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/utils/encoding.py" in force_text
  115.             raise DjangoUnicodeDecodeError(s, *e.args)

Exception Type: DjangoUnicodeDecodeError at /admin/shop/product/9/
Exception Value: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xd0 in position 0: ordinal not in range(128). You passed in  ()

[stephenmcd]

Thanks a lot for the report - please give this fix a try, it should resolve it.

[stargazer33]

yes, it resolves the problem! Well done!