```
>>> type(db().query(Cluster).all()[0].full_name)
<type 'unicode'>
>>> type("asdf")
<type 'str'>
>>> "asdf %s " % db().query(Cluster).all()[0].full_name
u'asdf 1 (id=2, mode=multinode) '
>>> import sys
>>> sys.version_info
(2, 6, 6, 'final', 0)
>>> 
```
i.e. explicit unicode indication not required