MySQL Bugs: #99757: convert_to_mysql method get exception Failed converting Python 'str'

Bug #99757	convert_to_mysql method get exception Failed converting Python 'str'
Submitted:	2 Jun 2020 7:43	Modified:	11 May 17:40
Reporter:	Noam Baron	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	Connector / Python	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	8.0.20	OS:	Linux
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any
Tags:	convert_to_mysql

Description:
I'm running the following script in a linux server:

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import _mysql_connector

ccnx = _mysql_connector.MySQL()
ccnx.connect(user=<user_name>, database=<db_name>, password=<pass>, host=<host>)
bad_str = 'just_an_��_example'

try:
    str_converted = ccnx.convert_to_mysql(*[bad_str])
    print('str converted is %s', str_converted)
except Exception as e:
    print('cant convert bad str %s',bad_str)
    print(e)

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The script get exception "Failed converting Python 'str'".

I've tried to add encoding exports before running the script:

export LC_ALL=en_US.utf-8
export LANG=en_US.utf-8
It didn't work as well..

How to repeat:
run the script using your db info

Hello Noam Baron,

Thank you for the report and test case.

regards,
Umesh

Workaround is to set ccnx.set_character_set('utf8')

It appears this bug report was lost/forgotten over time (we're sorry!), but the associated bug contains "This has been fixed, could not reproduce on 8.0.23" from a developer. It's unclear when this was fixed. Setting status to closed.