Merge pull request #422 from BonfaceKilz/build/python3-migration

Build/python3 migration

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/wqflask/utility/db_tools.py b/wqflask/utility/db_tools.py
index 4034f39c..6e19778f 100644
--- a/wqflask/utility/db_tools.py
+++ b/wqflask/utility/db_tools.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, division
+from MySQLdb import escape_string as escape_
 
-from MySQLdb import escape_string as escape
 
 def create_in_clause(items):
     """Create an in clause for mysql"""
@@ -8,8 +7,11 @@ def create_in_clause(items):
     in_clause = '( {} )'.format(in_clause)
     return in_clause
 
+
 def mescape(*items):
     """Multiple escape"""
-    escaped = [escape(str(item)) for item in items]
-    #print("escaped is:", escaped)
-    return escaped
+    return [escape_(str(item)).decode('utf8') for item in items]
+
+
+def escape(string_):
+    return escape_(string_).decode('utf8')