fix github issue Azure#57. issue link: Azure#57

Author: unknown

src/azure/__init__.pyc

@@ -564,6 +564,9 @@ def convert_entity_to_xml(source):
                 properties_str += ''.join([' m:type="', mtype, '"'])
             properties_str += ''.join(['>', xml_escape(value), '</d:', name, '>'])
 
+    if isinstance(properties_str, unicode):
+        properties_str = properties_str.encode(encoding='utf-8')
+
     #generate the entity_body
     entity_body = entity_body.format(properties=properties_str)
     xmlstr = _create_entry(entity_body)

src/azure/http/__init__.pyc

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright 2011 Microsoft Corporation
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 from azure.storage import EntityProperty, Entity, StorageServiceProperties
 from azure import WindowsAzureError
 
-
 from azuretest.util import (credentials, 
                             getUniqueTestRunID,
                             STATUS_OK,
@@ -1039,8 +1038,18 @@ def test_batch_different_table_operations_fail(self):
 
         self.tc.cancel_batch()
 
+    def test_unicode_xml_encoding(self):
+        ''' regression test for github issue #57'''
+        # Act
+        self._create_table(self.table_name)
+        self.tc.insert_entity(self.table_name, {'PartitionKey': 'test', 'RowKey': 'test1', 'Description': u'ꀕ'}) 
+        self.tc.insert_entity(self.table_name, {'PartitionKey': 'test', 'RowKey': 'test2', 'Description': 'ꀕ'})        
+        resp = self.tc.query_entities(self.table_name, "PartitionKey eq 'test'")   
         # Assert
-
+        self.assertEquals(len(resp), 2)
+        self.assertEquals(resp[0].Description, u'ꀕ')
+        self.assertEquals(resp[1].Description, u'ꀕ')
+        
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()