#! /usr/bin/python2.3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

DB='test'
USER='root'
PASS='' ## FILL IN THIS

MACEDONIAN_LETTERS = unicode('АаБбВвГгДдЃѓЕеЖжЗзЅѕИиЈјКкЛлЉљМмНнЊњОоПпРрСсТтЌќУуФфХхЦцЧчЏџШш', 'utf-8')
MACEDONIAN_LETTERS = list(MACEDONIAN_LETTERS) # Acctualy I need a list

# Set the locale, important for collation
import locale
locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'mk_MK.UTF-8')

import MySQLdb

def showvariables(db):
    c = db.cursor()
    c.execute('show variables')
    for var in iter(c.fetchone, None):
        if var[0].startswith('character') or var[0].startswith('collation'):
            print var[0], ':', var[1]

db = MySQLdb.connect(user=USER, passwd=PASS, db=DB)
c = db.cursor()
c.execute('set character set utf8')
c.execute('set names utf8')
showvariables(db)

try:
    c.execute(
        '''CREATE TABLE `alphabet` (
          `letter` longtext NOT NULL
          ) ENGINE=MyISAM
          DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8
    ''')
except:
    # Probably already exists (although other errors are possible)
    c.execute('truncate `alphabet`')

for letter in MACEDONIAN_LETTERS:
  c.execute('''insert into alphabet set letter = %s''', letter.encode('utf-8'))

c.execute('select letter from alphabet order by letter asc')
for result in iter(c.fetchone, None):
  print result[0],
print

for letter in MACEDONIAN_LETTERS:
  print letter.encode('utf-8'),
print
