--- src/trunk/translate/storage/statsdb.py	2010/02/19 16:25:15	13824
+++ src/trunk/translate/storage/statsdb.py	2010/02/22 12:27:48	13825
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@
 
         store can be a TranslationFile object or a callback that returns one.
         """
-        realpath = os.path.realpath(filename)
+        realpath = unicode(os.path.realpath(filename), sys.getfilesystemencoding())
         self.cur.execute("""SELECT fileid, st_mtime, st_size FROM files
                 WHERE path=?;""", (realpath,))
         filerow = self.cur.fetchone()