python-cx_Oracle/samples/ReturnUnicode.py

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#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# ReturnUnicode.py
# Returns all strings as unicode. This also demonstrates the use of an output
# type handler to change the way in which data is returned from a cursor.
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
import cx_Oracle
def OutputTypeHandler(cursor, name, defaultType, size, precision, scale):
if defaultType in (cx_Oracle.STRING, cx_Oracle.FIXED_CHAR):
return cursor.var(unicode, size, cursor.arraysize)
connection = cx_Oracle.Connection("cx_Oracle/password")
connection.outputtypehandler = OutputTypeHandler
cursor = connection.cursor()
cursor.execute("select * from teststrings")
for row in cursor:
print "Row:", row