new_contents: #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # ReturnUnicode.py
  #   Returns all strings as unicode. This also demonstrates the use of an output
  # type handler to change the way in which data is returned from a cursor.
  #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  import cx_Oracle
  
  def OutputTypeHandler(cursor, name, defaultType, size, precision, scale):
      if defaultType in (cx_Oracle.STRING, cx_Oracle.FIXED_CHAR):
          return cursor.var(unicode, size, cursor.arraysize)
  
  connection = cx_Oracle.Connection("cx_Oracle/password")
  connection.outputtypehandler = OutputTypeHandler
  cursor = connection.cursor()
  cursor.execute("select * from teststrings")
  for row in cursor:
      print "Row:", row
  
  
subject: Add sample code for returning all strings as unicode strings.