[SQLObject] cannot insert unicode to mysql

[Ivan H. <i.h...@al...>]

Dear sqlobject-discuss,

i have a big problem, because i have to insert unicode into mysql
tables
mysql version is 1.4.13

i have already mysql-python version 1.2.2b1
it handle unicode inserting well, for instance this code works fine:
sb =3D u'=E9=E1=ED'.encode('utf-8')
c.execute("insert into unit (code) values ('%s')" % sb)

but when i try to insert the same thing with SQLObject the system
inserts something different to the table:

this is my py code
connString =3D "mysql://root:pw...@ti.../vss=5Fhistory?use=5Funicode=
=3D1&debug=3D1"
=5F=5Fconnection=5F=5F =3D connectionForURI(connString)

class Unit(SQLObject):
    class sqlmeta:
        fromDatabase=3DTrue

Unit(code=3Du'=E9=E1=ED')

this is the mysql table create command
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `vss=5Fhistory`.`unit`;
CREATE TABLE  `vss=5Fhistory`.`unit` (
  `id` int(11) NOT NULL auto=5Fincrement,
  `code` varchar(10) default NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY  (`id`)
) ENGINE=3DMyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=3Dutf8;
 =20

please help me, because i've already spent too many time with many,
many trials without success

--=20
Best regards,
 Ivan Horvath
 Chief Programmer

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

/Albert Einstein/