diff -u --recursive ..\original\trunk\Modules\_sqlite/connection.c Modules\_sqlite/connection.c
--- ..\original\trunk\Modules\_sqlite/connection.c	2008-02-11 11:59:04.939344200 +0100
+++ Modules\_sqlite/connection.c	2008-02-21 10:11:10.449669100 +0100
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@
     double timeout = 5.0;
     int rc;
 
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "s|diOiOi", kwlist,
-                                     &database, &timeout, &detect_types, &isolation_level, &check_same_thread, &factory, &cached_statements))
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "et|diOiOi", kwlist,
+                                     "utf-8", &database, &timeout, &detect_types, &isolation_level, &check_same_thread, &factory, &cached_statements))
     {
         return -1; 
     }
diff -u --recursive ..\original\trunk\Modules\_sqlite/module.c Modules\_sqlite/module.c
--- ..\original\trunk\Modules\_sqlite/module.c	2008-02-11 11:59:04.939344200 +0100
+++ Modules\_sqlite/module.c	2008-03-04 09:51:28.088879700 +0100
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@
 
     PyObject* result;
 
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "s|diOiOi", kwlist,
-                                     &database, &timeout, &detect_types, &isolation_level, &check_same_thread, &factory, &cached_statements))
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "et|diOiOi", kwlist,
+                                     "utf-8", &database, &timeout, &detect_types, &isolation_level, &check_same_thread, &factory, &cached_statements))
     {
         return NULL; 
     }