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diff --git a/‎src/Connection.c‎
Lines changed: 1 addition & 2 deletions b/‎src/Connection.c‎
Lines changed: 1 addition & 2 deletions
diff --git a/‎src/SessionPool.c‎
Lines changed: 2 additions & 3 deletions b/‎src/SessionPool.c‎
Lines changed: 2 additions & 3 deletions
diff --git a/‎test/uSessionPool.py‎
Lines changed: 4 additions & 3 deletions b/‎test/uSessionPool.py‎
Lines changed: 4 additions & 3 deletions
@@ -436,8 +436,7 @@ static PyObject *Connection_ChangePassword(udt_Connection *self,
     int status;
 
     // parse the arguments
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O!O!", cxString_Type, &oldPasswordObj,
-            cxString_Type, &newPasswordObj))
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "OO", &oldPasswordObj, &newPasswordObj))
         return NULL;
 
     // populate buffers
 
@@ -205,9 +205,8 @@ static int SessionPool_Init(udt_SessionPool *self, PyObject *args,
             (uint32_t) strlen(dpiCommonParams.driverName);
     if (dpiContext_initPoolCreateParams(g_DpiContext, &dpiCreateParams) < 0)
         return Error_RaiseAndReturnInt();
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, keywordArgs, "O!O!O!iii|OObOOOssO",
-            keywordList, cxString_Type, &self->username,
-            cxString_Type, &passwordObj, cxString_Type, &self->dsn,
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, keywordArgs, "OOOiii|OObOOOssO",
+            keywordList, &self->username, &passwordObj, &self->dsn,
             &minSessions, &maxSessions, &sessionIncrement, &connectionType,
             &threadedObj, &dpiCreateParams.getMode, &eventsObj,
             &homogeneousObj, &externalAuthObj, &dpiCommonParams.encoding,
 
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ def __ConnectAndDrop(self):
 
     def testPool(self):
         """test that the pool is created and has the right attributes"""
-        pool = cx_Oracle.SessionPool(USERNAME, PASSWORD, TNSENTRY, 2, 8, 3)
-        self.assertEqual(pool.username, USERNAME, "user name differs")
-        self.assertEqual(pool.tnsentry, TNSENTRY, "tnsentry differs")
+        pool = cx_Oracle.SessionPool(unicode(USERNAME), unicode(PASSWORD),
+                unicode(TNSENTRY), 2, 8, 3)
+        self.assertEqual(pool.username, unicode(USERNAME), "user name differs")
+        self.assertEqual(pool.tnsentry, unicode(TNSENTRY), "tnsentry differs")
         self.assertEqual(pool.max, 8, "max differs")
         self.assertEqual(pool.min, 2, "min differs")
         self.assertEqual(pool.increment, 3, "increment differs")