how to encode string with unicode characters python

Question

I have a sql statement: select 'ó' from dual; after running fetchall for this statement I get the following string.'\xc2\xbf' in python.

How do I get the original text based on the string returned? any ideas?

thanks!

Update: It turns out that the fetchall might be converting the 'ó' to an inverted questionmark(the \xc2\xbf). any ideas why that is. I'm using

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: latin-1 -*-
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if u want to see it,if that is meant by get,then print '\xc2\xbfn' — Srinivas Reddy Thatiparthy
– Srinivas Reddy Thatiparthy, Commented May 20, 2011 at 17:07

Jess · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-20 17:09:18Z

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answered May 20, 2011 at 17:09

Jess

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