def startup(self):
## These check that the schema is up to date
DB.convert_to_unicode(None, 'dictionary')
dbh=DB.DBO()
dbh.execute("desc dictionary")
for row in dbh:
if row['Field'] == 'word':
if not 'varbinary' in row['Type']:
dbh.execute("alter table dictionary modify word VARBINARY(250)")
break