ZMySQLDA 3.1.1 Release of an extensively reworked MySQL Zope2 adapter. If you find any problems please file bugs in the sf.net tracker [1]. [1] http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=22307&atid=374932 ** Warning ** As of MySQL-python version 1.2.2 there is a bug if you use unicode set the database to use a binary (*_bin) collation (eg. utf8_bin). With a binary collation it won't return the data correctly from the database. That is it won't return it as unicode, instead always as bytestrings. Bug #1693363 if you want to check the status. https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1693363&group_id=22307&atid=374932 The only workaround is to not use a binary collation. If you are curious about why you'd want use a binary collation, it is to allow for case insensitive searching.