Python encoding question

[Marc Muehlfeld]

Hi,

I'm doing my first steps with python and I have a problem with understanding 
an encoding problem I have. My script:

import os
os.environ["NLS_LANG"] = "German_Germany.UTF8"
import cx_Oracle
connection = cx_Oracle.Connection("username/password at SID")
cursor = connection.cursor()
cursor.execute("SELECT NAME1 FROM COR WHERE CORNB='ABCDEF'")
TEST = cursor.fetchone()
print TEST[0]
print TEST


When I run this script It prints me:
München
('M\xc3\xbcnchen',)

Why is the Umlaut of TEST[0] printed and not from TEST?


And why are both prints show the wrong encoding, when I switch "fetchone()" to 
"fetchall()":
('M\xc3\xbcnchen',)
[('M\xc3\xbcnchen',)]


I'm running Python 2.4.3 on CentOS 5.


Regards,
Marc