string escaping problems with MySQLdb

[BxT]

Hi, i know this is a new-bie question,
i'm using MySQLdb and, as i'm extracting records, i get string escaped as
follows:
for example, instead of ß i'm getting \\337 (yes, with doppel \). When i'm
printing the string i'm getting blah\337 (internally is blah\\337). I tried
to use string.replace but it's giving me the same string. Is there a way to
print blahß?
For now, thanks in advance,
BxT