Unicodedecodeerror with inline models when using speical characers and python 2.3.4

[joshg]

I am using SVN checkout 8972 of Django with Python 2.3.4 and mod_python . In one of my models ​http://dpaste.com/hold/76255/ I have an inline model named StandardOptionsInline.

When I add special characters like ® (Registered Trademark Symbol) to the inlined model StandardOptionsInline I get the following error:

UnicodeDecodeError - 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc2 in position 0: ordinal not in range(128) ​http://dpaste.com/hold/76259/.

However, if I edit the model that the inline model is based off of StandardOptions directly using the Admin interface, I can add fields with special characters like ®.

I have found that if I use Python 2.5 and the Django development server this issue does not occur. My solution will be upgrading to Python 2.5.

Thanks,

Josh

[Nils Fredrik Gjerull]

This is yet another UnicodeDecode issue caused by lack of force_unicode encapsulation.
As explained ​here:

There is also a Python 2.3 issue here (a bug in 2.3): u'%s' % foo should call
foo.__unicode__, if it exists. But in 2.3, it calls foo.__str__ always. So we
need to write this as u'%s' % unicode(foo).

[Brian Rosner]

When attaching patches to tickets, please only attach one that includes both the fix, tests and documentation (if applicable).

[Nils Fredrik Gjerull]

Changed the admin_options patch a to only encapsulate the model object. I is not necessary to encapsulate unicode strings.

I will remember to only add one patch for the tests and fix next time :).

[Karen Tracey]

(In [9384]) [1.0.X] Fixed #8910 -- Added force_unicode during admin log message creation to avoid triggering a Python 2.3 bug. Thanks for the report joshg and patch nfg.

[9383] from trunk.