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 9935 The session db backend throws UnicodeEncodeError when used with Oracle jamesli nobody "I can reproduce the problem with the following environment: Windows XP Pro Python 2.5.2 Oracle 10g XE (Universal) Django 1.0.2 final (I tend to think it is a Django/Oracle combination problem, because I can't reproduce the bug with MySQL or Postgres.) I was walking through the tutorial, during which I installed the 'admin' site. I went to http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/ and logged in with user name and password, and then hit the following error. {{{ UnicodeEncodeError at /admin/ 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 0-42: ordinal not in range(128) Request Method: POST Request URL: http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/ Exception Type: UnicodeEncodeError Exception Value: 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 0-42: ordinal not in range(128) Exception Location: C:\Python25\lib\base64.py in decodestring, line 321 Python Executable: C:\Python25\python.exe Python Version: 2.5.2 Python Path: ['C:\\django\\mysite', 'C:\\IBMTOOLS\\utils\\support', 'C:\\IBMTOOLS\\utils\\logger', 'C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\python25.zip', 'C:\\Python25\\DLLs', 'C:\\Python25\\lib', 'C:\\Python25\\lib\\plat-win', 'C:\\Python25\\lib\\lib-tk', 'C:\\Python25', 'C:\\Python25\\lib\\site-packages'] Server time: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:42:28 -0800 Unicode error hint The string that could not be encoded/decoded was: 䅧㥊兣噆湃汒㍣橒㉢爹坡硖汁䝕㉤礹㉡歖兣穎浌穑呏硫坚歊浍㑍呎祉呙硉䝏㉍橙穑呚橊娊則奫婺੬zOTkx Traceback: Environment: Request Method: POST Request URL: http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/ Django Version: 1.0.2 final Python Version: 2.5.2 Installed Applications: ['django.contrib.auth', 'django.contrib.contenttypes', 'django.contrib.sessions', 'django.contrib.sites', 'django.contrib.admin'] Installed Middleware: ('django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware', 'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware', 'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware') Traceback: File ""C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\base.py"" in get_response 86. response = callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs) File ""C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\django\contrib\admin\sites.py"" in root 140. if not self.has_permission(request): File ""C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\django\contrib\admin\sites.py"" in has_permission 99. return request.user.is_authenticated() and request.user.is_staff File ""C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\django\contrib\auth\middleware.py"" in __get__ 5. request._cached_user = get_user(request) File ""C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\django\contrib\auth\__init__.py"" in get_user 83. user_id = request.session[SESSION_KEY] File ""C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\django\contrib\sessions\backends\base.py"" in __getitem__ 46. return self._session[key] File ""C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\django\contrib\sessions\backends\base.py"" in _get_session 172. self._session_cache = self.load() File ""C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\django\contrib\sessions\backends\db.py"" in load 18. return self.decode(force_unicode(s.session_data)) File ""C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\django\contrib\sessions\backends\base.py"" in decode 93. encoded_data = base64.decodestring(session_data) File ""C:\Python25\lib\base64.py"" in decodestring 321. return binascii.a2b_base64(s) Exception Type: UnicodeEncodeError at /admin/ Exception Value: 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 0-42: ordinal not in range(128) }}}" closed contrib.sessions 1.0 wontfix oracle session unicode UnicodeEncodeError Goldan Unreviewed 0 0 0 0 0 0