1) To handle non-ascii filenames which we set from table name. Fixes#2314
2) To handle non-ascii query data. Fixes#2253
3) To dump JSON type columns properly in csv. Fixes#2360
In order to resolve the non-ascii characters in path (in user directory,
storage path, etc) on windows, we have converted the path into the
short-path, so that - we don't need to deal with the encoding issues
(specially with Python 2).
We've resolved majority of the issues with this patch.
We still need couple issues to resolve after this in the same area.
TODO
* Add better support for non-ascii characters in the database name on
windows with Python 3
* Improve the messages created after the background processes by
different modules (such as Backup, Restore, Import/Export, etc.),
which does not show short-paths, and xml representable characters for
non-ascii characters, when found in the database objects, and the file
PATH.
Fixes#2174, #1797, #2166, #1940
Initial patch by: Surinder Kumar
Reviewed by: Murtuza Zabuawala
Using 'psycopg2.extensions.UNICODE' (for Python < 3) in the psycopg2
driver for proper conversation of unicode characters. Also - adjusted
the string typecaster to take care of different character types (char,
character, text, name, character varying, and their array types).
Reviewed by: Dave Page, Murtuza Zabuawala & Akshay Joshi
Made backend changes for:
* Taking care of the connection status in the psycopg2 driver. And, when
the connection is lost, it throws a exception with 503 http status
message, and connection lost information in it.
* Allowing the flask application to propagate the exceptions even in the
release mode.
* Utilising the existing password (while reconnection, if not
disconnected explicitly).
* Introduced a new ajax response message 'service_unavailable' (http
status code: 503), which suggests temporary service unavailable.
Client (front-end) changes:
* To handle the connection lost of a database server for different
operations by generating proper events, and handle them properly.
Removed the connection status check code from different nodes, so that
- it generates the proper exception, when accessing the non-alive
connection.
Fixes#1387
