Make the sqlite tests pass.
diff --git a/Lib/sqlite3/test/factory.py b/Lib/sqlite3/test/factory.py
index 61edc6c..f20848f 100644
--- a/Lib/sqlite3/test/factory.py
+++ b/Lib/sqlite3/test/factory.py
@@ -139,32 +139,32 @@
         self.con = sqlite.connect(":memory:")
 
     def CheckUnicode(self):
-        austria = str("Österreich", "latin1")
+        austria = "Österreich"
         row = self.con.execute("select ?", (austria,)).fetchone()
         self.failUnless(type(row[0]) == str, "type of row[0] must be unicode")
 
     def CheckString(self):
-        self.con.text_factory = str
-        austria = str("Österreich", "latin1")
+        self.con.text_factory = bytes
+        austria = "Österreich"
         row = self.con.execute("select ?", (austria,)).fetchone()
-        self.failUnless(type(row[0]) == str, "type of row[0] must be str")
+        self.failUnless(type(row[0]) == bytes, "type of row[0] must be bytes")
         self.failUnless(row[0] == austria.encode("utf-8"), "column must equal original data in UTF-8")
 
     def CheckCustom(self):
         self.con.text_factory = lambda x: str(x, "utf-8", "ignore")
-        austria = str("Österreich", "latin1")
-        row = self.con.execute("select ?", (austria.encode("latin1"),)).fetchone()
+        austria = "Österreich"
+        row = self.con.execute("select ?", (austria,)).fetchone()
         self.failUnless(type(row[0]) == str, "type of row[0] must be unicode")
         self.failUnless(row[0].endswith("reich"), "column must contain original data")
 
     def CheckOptimizedUnicode(self):
         self.con.text_factory = sqlite.OptimizedUnicode
-        austria = str("Österreich", "latin1")
-        germany = str("Deutchland")
+        austria = "Österreich"
+        germany = "Deutchland"
         a_row = self.con.execute("select ?", (austria,)).fetchone()
         d_row = self.con.execute("select ?", (germany,)).fetchone()
         self.failUnless(type(a_row[0]) == str, "type of non-ASCII row must be unicode")
-        self.failUnless(type(d_row[0]) == str, "type of ASCII-only row must be str")
+        self.failUnless(type(d_row[0]) == str8, "type of ASCII-only row must be str8")
 
     def tearDown(self):
         self.con.close()
diff --git a/Lib/sqlite3/test/types.py b/Lib/sqlite3/test/types.py
index 232a32c..20f0093 100644
--- a/Lib/sqlite3/test/types.py
+++ b/Lib/sqlite3/test/types.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
         self.failUnlessEqual(row[0], val)
 
     def CheckBlob(self):
-        val = buffer("Guglhupf")
+        val = buffer(b"Guglhupf")
         self.cur.execute("insert into test(b) values (?)", (val,))
         self.cur.execute("select b from test")
         row = self.cur.fetchone()
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
 
     def CheckBlob(self):
         # default
-        val = buffer("Guglhupf")
+        val = buffer(b"Guglhupf")
         self.cur.execute("insert into test(bin) values (?)", (val,))
         self.cur.execute("select bin from test")
         row = self.cur.fetchone()
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@
         self.con.close()
 
     def CheckBinaryInputForConverter(self):
-        testdata = "abcdefg" * 10
+        testdata = b"abcdefg" * 10
         result = self.con.execute('select ? as "x [bin]"', (buffer(bz2.compress(testdata)),)).fetchone()[0]
         self.failUnlessEqual(testdata, result)
 
diff --git a/Lib/sqlite3/test/userfunctions.py b/Lib/sqlite3/test/userfunctions.py
index a2f2574..bc8e6d2 100644
--- a/Lib/sqlite3/test/userfunctions.py
+++ b/Lib/sqlite3/test/userfunctions.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 def func_returnnull():
     return None
 def func_returnblob():
-    return buffer("blob")
+    return buffer(b"blob")
 def func_raiseexception():
     5/0
 
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
         cur.execute("select returnblob()")
         val = cur.fetchone()[0]
         self.failUnlessEqual(type(val), buffer)
-        self.failUnlessEqual(val, buffer("blob"))
+        self.failUnlessEqual(val, buffer(b"blob"))
 
     def CheckFuncException(self):
         cur = self.con.cursor()
diff --git a/Modules/_sqlite/connection.c b/Modules/_sqlite/connection.c
index add2e6f..41b94aa 100644
--- a/Modules/_sqlite/connection.c
+++ b/Modules/_sqlite/connection.c
@@ -435,10 +435,8 @@
     } else if (PyString_Check(py_val)) {
         sqlite3_result_text(context, PyString_AsString(py_val), -1, SQLITE_TRANSIENT);
     } else if (PyUnicode_Check(py_val)) {
-        stringval = PyUnicode_AsUTF8String(py_val);
         if (stringval) {
-            sqlite3_result_text(context, PyString_AsString(stringval), -1, SQLITE_TRANSIENT);
-            Py_DECREF(stringval);
+            sqlite3_result_text(context, PyUnicode_AsString(stringval), -1, SQLITE_TRANSIENT);
         }
     } else {
         /* TODO: raise error */
@@ -1094,7 +1092,7 @@
         goto finally;
     }
 
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O!O:create_collation(name, callback)", &PyString_Type, &name, &callable)) {
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O!O:create_collation(name, callback)", &PyUnicode_Type, &name, &callable)) {
         goto finally;
     }
 
diff --git a/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c b/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c
index 055e544..412e386 100644
--- a/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c
+++ b/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
             if ((*pos == '[') && (pos > colname) && (*(pos-1) == ' ')) {
                 pos--;
             }
-            return PyString_FromStringAndSize(colname, pos - colname);
+            return PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize(colname, pos - colname);
         }
     }
 }
@@ -372,8 +372,10 @@
                     }
                 } else if (self->connection->text_factory == (PyObject*)&PyString_Type) {
                     converted = PyString_FromString(val_str);
+                } else if (self->connection->text_factory == (PyObject*)&PyBytes_Type) {
+                    converted = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(val_str, strlen(val_str));
                 } else {
-                    converted = PyObject_CallFunction(self->connection->text_factory, "s", val_str);
+                    converted = PyObject_CallFunction(self->connection->text_factory, "y", val_str);
                 }
             } else {
                 /* coltype == SQLITE_BLOB */
@@ -746,17 +748,13 @@
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    if (PyString_Check(script_obj)) {
-        script_cstr = PyString_AsString(script_obj);
-    } else if (PyUnicode_Check(script_obj)) {
-        script_str = PyUnicode_AsUTF8String(script_obj);
-        if (!script_str) {
+    if (PyUnicode_Check(script_obj)) {
+        script_cstr = PyUnicode_AsString(script_obj);
+        if (!script_cstr) {
             return NULL;
         }
-
-        script_cstr = PyString_AsString(script_str);
     } else {
-        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "script argument must be unicode or string.");
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "script argument must be unicode.");
         return NULL;
     }
 
diff --git a/Modules/_sqlite/row.c b/Modules/_sqlite/row.c
index 6bd1887..b2f105a 100644
--- a/Modules/_sqlite/row.c
+++ b/Modules/_sqlite/row.c
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@
         item = PyTuple_GetItem(self->data, _idx);
         Py_XINCREF(item);
         return item;
-    } else if (PyString_Check(idx)) {
-        key = PyString_AsString(idx);
+    } else if (PyUnicode_Check(idx)) {
+        key = PyUnicode_AsString(idx);
 
         nitems = PyTuple_Size(self->description);
 
diff --git a/Modules/_sqlite/statement.c b/Modules/_sqlite/statement.c
index 5987b2a..b80b955 100644
--- a/Modules/_sqlite/statement.c
+++ b/Modules/_sqlite/statement.c
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@
         rc = sqlite3_bind_text(self->st, pos, string, -1, SQLITE_TRANSIENT);
     } else if PyUnicode_Check(parameter) {
         stringval = PyUnicode_AsUTF8String(parameter);
-        string = PyString_AsString(stringval);
+        string = PyBytes_AsString(stringval);
+
         rc = sqlite3_bind_text(self->st, pos, string, -1, SQLITE_TRANSIENT);
         Py_DECREF(stringval);
     } else {