import pyodbc import sys unicode = str conn = pyodbc.connect('DSN=MYDSN') conn.setencoding(encoding='utf-8', ctype=pyodbc.SQL_CHAR) conn.setdecoding(pyodbc.SQL_CHAR,encoding='utf-8', ctype=pyodbc.SQL_CHAR) cursor = conn.cursor() cursor.execute("select * from my_table") for row in cursor: <TAB>print(row)