1 files changed, 4 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c b/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c
index ca15eed..cbb030e 100644
--- a/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c
+++ b/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c
@@ -409,8 +409,8 @@ PyObject* _pysqlite_fetch_one_row(pysqlite_Cursor* self)
 PyObject* _pysqlite_query_execute(pysqlite_Cursor* self, int multiple, PyObject* args)
 {
     PyObject* operation;
-    PyObject* operation_bytestr = NULL;
-    char* operation_cstr;
+    const char* operation_cstr;
+    Py_ssize_t operation_len;
     PyObject* parameters_list = NULL;
     PyObject* parameters_iter = NULL;
     PyObject* parameters = NULL;
@@ -495,16 +495,8 @@ PyObject* _pysqlite_query_execute(pysqlite_Cursor* self, int multiple, PyObject*
         rc = pysqlite_statement_reset(self->statement);
     }
 
-    if (PyString_Check(operation)) {
-        operation_cstr = PyString_AsString(operation);
-    } else {
-        operation_bytestr = PyUnicode_AsUTF8String(operation);
-        if (!operation_bytestr) {
-            goto error;
-        }
-
-        operation_cstr = PyString_AsString(operation_bytestr);
-    }
+    if (PyObject_AsCharBuffer(operation, &operation_cstr, &operation_len) < 0)
+        goto error;
 
     /* reset description and rowcount */
     Py_DECREF(self->description);
@@ -714,7 +706,6 @@ PyObject* _pysqlite_query_execute(pysqlite_Cursor* self, int multiple, PyObject*
     }
 
 error:
-    Py_XDECREF(operation_bytestr);
     Py_XDECREF(parameters);
     Py_XDECREF(parameters_iter);
     Py_XDECREF(parameters_list);