How to resolve error 'UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x96 in position 4: invalid start byte' on Python using an ODBC Driver of TIBCO Data Virtualization?
Article ID: KB0071402
Updated On:
| Products | Versions |
|---|---|
| TIBCO Data Virtualization | 8.3.1 and later, 8.4.1 and later, 8.5.1 and later, 8.6 and later. |
Description
When working with the Python code, the below exception message can be seen:
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"UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x96 in position 4: invalid start byte"
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"UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x96 in position 4: invalid start byte"
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Issue/Introduction
This article explains the exception message which might pop up while working with Python code using an ODBC Driver.
Environment
All supported environment
Resolution
This exception comes because the encoding is set differently on Python code.
To resolve this issue match the encoding set on the database and on Python code. For example:
In the above Python code encoding is set to UTF-8 which means the same encoding is set for the database as well.
After setting the same encoding it will execute successfully like below:
To resolve this issue match the encoding set on the database and on Python code. For example:
In the above Python code encoding is set to UTF-8 which means the same encoding is set for the database as well.
After setting the same encoding it will execute successfully like below:
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