--- ZSQLExtend/importFMPXML.py	2008/01/09 14:43:50	1.21
+++ ZSQLExtend/importFMPXML.py	2008/02/04 19:06:34	1.22
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ except:
 
 fm_ns = 'http://www.filemaker.com/fmpxmlresult'
 
-version_string = "V0.5.1 ROC 9.1.2008"
+version_string = "V0.5.2 ROC 4.2.2008"
 
 def unicodify(text, withNone=False):
     """decode str (utf-8 or latin-1 representation) into unicode object"""
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ def utf8ify(text, withNone=False):
         return None
     if not text:
         return ""
-    if isinstance(text, str):
-        return text
-    else:
+    if isinstance(text, unicode):
         return text.encode('utf-8')
+    else:
+        return text
 
 def getTextFromNode(nodename):
     """get the cdata content of a node"""