From 8cd40f8917febb4867145cf27264bb932892849f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miroslav Stampar <miroslav.stampar@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 13:54:26 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Patch for an Issue #971

---
 lib/core/agent.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/core/agent.py b/lib/core/agent.py
index 0581815c3..4c35c9152 100644
--- a/lib/core/agent.py
+++ b/lib/core/agent.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import re
 from lib.core.common import Backend
 from lib.core.common import extractRegexResult
 from lib.core.common import getSQLSnippet
+from lib.core.common import getUnicode
 from lib.core.common import isDBMSVersionAtLeast
 from lib.core.common import isNumber
 from lib.core.common import isTechniqueAvailable
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ class Agent(object):
 
         paramString = conf.parameters[place]
         paramDict = conf.paramDict[place]
-        origValue = paramDict[parameter]
+        origValue = getUnicode(paramDict[parameter])
 
         if place == PLACE.URI:
             paramString = origValue