id summary reporter owner description type status component version severity resolution keywords cc stage has_patch needs_docs needs_tests needs_better_patch easy ui_ux 2335 In some cases MySQLdb returns array.array which causes an error in a2b_base64() alexander.pugachev@… nobody "settings.py {{{ INSTALLED_APPS = ( 'django.contrib.auth', 'django.contrib.contenttypes', 'django.contrib.sessions', 'django.contrib.sites', 'mysite.polls', 'django.contrib.admin' ) }}} urls.py {{{ urlpatterns = patterns('', # Example: # (r'^mysite/', include('mysite.apps.foo.urls.foo')), # Uncomment this for admin: (r'^admin/', include('django.contrib.admin.urls')), ) }}} db synced, server restarted, got admin area login form at /admin/ local url logged in as superuser, got error: {{{ TypeError at /admin/ a2b_base64() argument 1 must be string or read-only character buffer, not array.array Request Method: GET Request URL: http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/ Exception Type: TypeError Exception Value: a2b_base64() argument 1 must be string or read-only character buffer, not array.array Exception Location: c:\python24\lib\base64.py in decodestring, line 319 }}} " defect closed Database layer (models, ORM) dev normal fixed a2b_base64() dev@… tom@… Accepted 0 0 0 1 0 0