X-Git-Url: http://git.veekun.com/zzz-pokedex.git/blobdiff_plain/bad044d1d8753cf96a3cf0dc2236ffcb416dcc47..4fe48baffb5156027c6d186308998412554a6906:/pokedex/db/__init__.py

diff --git a/pokedex/db/__init__.py b/pokedex/db/__init__.py
index 0641391..ced519b 100644
--- a/pokedex/db/__init__.py
+++ b/pokedex/db/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from sqlalchemy import MetaData, Table, create_engine, orm
 
 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.
@@ -15,16 +15,20 @@ def connect(uri):
         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