checking backup system, its not that bad after all

oxdbarchive/model.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from turbogears.database import PackageHub
 import turbogears
 import re
 from urllib import quote, quote_plus
+import urllib2
 import os
 from os.path import abspath, join, dirname, exists
 from datetime import datetime
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ def debug(string):
 hub = PackageHub('oxdbarchive')
 __connection__ = hub
 
+
 class Archive(SQLObject):
   name = UnicodeCol(length=255, alternateID=True)
   basePath = UnicodeCol()
@@ -52,7 +54,16 @@ class Archive(SQLObject):
       socket.setdefaulttimeout(256)
       url = "%s/%s?md5sum=%s" % (self.baseUrlFrontend, action, md5sum)
       #print url
-      result = read_url(url)
+      try:
+        result = read_url(url)
+      except urllib2.HTTPError, e:
+        print e.code
+        print e.read()
+        raise
+      except:
+        import traceback
+        traceback.print_exc()
+        raise
       #print "Frontend:", result['result']
       socket.setdefaulttimeout(dto)
   
@@ -102,7 +113,7 @@ class Archive(SQLObject):
       #just a new md5? happens for srt files quite often
       qq = ArchiveFile.select(AND(
         ArchiveFile.q.archiveID == self.id,
-        ArchiveFile.q.path == params['path'],
+        ArchiveFile.q.path == params['path'].encode('utf-8'),
       ))
       f = None
       if qq.count() == 1: