From e5e80a27a3abd809c5b2ad329eb3f29a9a5683e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anand Doshi <anand@erpnext.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2015 12:55:52 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Allow non-english field names in Custom Field #919

---
 frappe/model/db_schema.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frappe/model/db_schema.py b/frappe/model/db_schema.py
index 2c263e536f..cc85716c91 100644
--- a/frappe/model/db_schema.py
+++ b/frappe/model/db_schema.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Syncs a database table to the `DocType` (metadata)
 .. note:: This module is only used internally
 
 """
+import re
 import os
 import frappe
 from frappe import _
@@ -401,8 +402,7 @@ class DbManager:
 
 def validate_column_name(n):
 	n = n.replace(' ','_').strip().lower()
-	import re
-	if re.search("[\W]", n):
+	if re.search("[\W]", n, re.UNICODE):
 		frappe.throw(_("Fieldname {0} cannot contain letters, numbers or spaces").format(n), InvalidColumnName)
 	return n