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python manage.py syncdb
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "manage.py", line 11, in ?
    execute_manager(settings)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-0.95-py2.4.egg/django/core/management.py", line 1315, in execute_manager
    execute_from_command_line(action_mapping, argv)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-0.95-py2.4.egg/django/core/management.py", line 1239, in execute_from_command_line
    action_mapping[action]()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-0.95-py2.4.egg/django/core/management.py", line 442, in syncdb
    cursor = connection.cursor()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-0.95-py2.4.egg/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py", line 93, in cursor
    cursor.execute("SET NAMES 'utf8'")
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/MySQLdb/cursors.py", line 146, in execute
    query = query.encode(charset)
LookupError: unknown encoding: koi8r