from .tables import metadata
-def connect(uri):
+def connect(uri, **kwargs):
"""Connects to the requested URI. Returns a session object.
Calling this function also binds the metadata object to the created engine.
if 'charset' not in uri:
uri += '?charset=utf8'
- # Tables should be InnoDB, in the event that we're creating them
+ # Tables should be InnoDB, in the event that we're creating them, and
+ # use UTF-8 goddammit!
for table in metadata.tables.values():
table.kwargs['mysql_engine'] = 'InnoDB'
+ table.kwargs['mysql_charset'] = 'utf8'
### Connect
engine = create_engine(uri)
conn = engine.connect()
metadata.bind = engine
- sm = orm.sessionmaker(autoflush=True, autocommit=False, bind=engine)
+ session_args = dict(autoflush=True, autocommit=False, bind=engine)
+ session_args.update(kwargs)
+ sm = orm.sessionmaker(**session_args)
session = orm.scoped_session(sm)
return session