--- MySQLSessionStore.py.old	2005-06-19 03:59:46.000000000 +0200
+++ MySQLSessionStore.py	2005-06-18 04:19:12.000000000 +0200
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         if c.rowcount == 0:
             return default
         assert c.rowcount == 1, "more than one session with id %s" % (id,)
-        pck = c.fetchone()[0]
+        pck = c.fetchone()[0].tostring()
         obj = pickle.loads(pck)
         return obj
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
         c.execute("""\
 CREATE TABLE %s (
 id VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
-pickle TEXT NOT NULL,
+pickle BLOB NOT NULL,
 modify_time TIMESTAMP)""" % self.table)
 
     def delete_old_sessions(self, minutes):