fixed get_server_values to make them utf-8 friendly

hr/doctype/appraisal/appraisal.py

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class DocType:
     emp_nm = sql("select employee_name from `tabEmployee` where name=%s", self.doc.employee)
     emp_nm= emp_nm and emp_nm[0][0] or ''
     self.doc.employee_name = emp_nm
-    return cstr(emp_nm)
+    return emp_nm
   
   def fetch_kra(self):
     if not self.doc.kra_template:
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class DocType:
       if d.score:
         total = total + flt(d.score_earned)
     ret={'total_score':flt(total)}
-    return cstr(ret)
+    return ret
   
   def declare_completed(self):
     ret={}

hr/doctype/attendance/attendance.py

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class DocType:
     set(self.doc, 'employee_name', emp_nm and emp_nm[0][0] or '')
 
     ret = { 'employee_name' : emp_nm and emp_nm[0][0] or ''}
-    return str(ret)
+    return ret
   
   #validation for duplicate record
   def validate_duplicate_record(self):   

hr/doctype/employee/employee.py

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class DocType:
     if self.doc.date_of_birth:
       dt = getdate(self.doc.date_of_birth) + datetime.timedelta(21915)
       ret = {'date_of_retirement': dt.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')}
-    return str(ret)
+    return ret
 
   # check if salary structure exists
   #========================================================================================================

hr/doctype/leave_allocation/leave_allocation.py

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class DocType:
       'carry_forwarded_leaves'  :  prev_bal,
       'total_leaves_allocated'   :  flt(prev_bal) + flt(self.doc.new_leaves_allocated)
     }
-    return str(ret)
+    return ret
 
 
 # ********************************************** validate *****************************************************

hr/doctype/salary_structure/salary_structure.py

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class DocType:
         'grade'          : cstr(det[0][4]),
         'backup_employee': cstr(self.doc.employee)
       }
-    return cstr(ret)
+    return ret
     
 
   # Set Salary structure field values
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class DocType:
             'bank_ac_no'  : basic_info and basic_info[0][1] or '',
             'esic_no'     : basic_info and basic_info[0][2] or '',
             'pf_no'       : basic_info and basic_info[0][3] or ''}
-    return cstr(ret)
+    return ret
    
   # Make earning and deduction table    
   #---------------------------------------------------------