TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, instance found

[Stuart Forsyth]

What can I do about this error, i am tearing my hair out!

Python ActiveX Scripting Engine (0x80020009)
Traceback (most recent call last): File "<Script Block >", line 58, in ?
FileContents =
FileContents.replace('Repl_learner',unicode(Request("learner"),'utf-8','igno
re')) TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, instance found

FileContents is defined as:

MasterFile = codecs.open(MasterFilePath, "r", "utf-8")
FileContents = MasterFile.read()

Please help !

 

[vincent wehren]

| What can I do about this error, i am tearing my hair out!
|
| Python ActiveX Scripting Engine (0x80020009)
| Traceback (most recent call last): File "<Script Block >", line 58, in ?
| FileContents =
|
FileContents.replace('Repl_learner',unicode(Request("learner"),'utf-8','igno
| re')) TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, instance
found
|
| FileContents is defined as:
|
| MasterFile = codecs.open(MasterFilePath, "r", "utf-8")
| FileContents = MasterFile.read()
|
| Please help !
|

You should inspect 'Request("learner")' more closely. It propbably doesn't
return an encoded string, but an instance of some sort...
I'm not really on board with ActiveX, but shouldn't you call some sort of a
method on Request to get a collection (e.g. Request.Form("learner")?

Regards,
Vincent Wehren