Hi,

Yes, the connection charset is the key for automatic conversion.

best regards
Pavel Cisar
IBPhoenix

Dne 9.7.2014 18:29, Werner wernerfbd@... [firebird-python] napsal(a):

>
> I think I got this one, needed to add "connect_args={'charset': 'utf8'}"
> to the SA create_engine call.