1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/extras.py b/lib/extras.py
index bfac2df..f8a21e5 100644
--- a/lib/extras.py
+++ b/lib/extras.py
@@ -368,7 +368,18 @@ class NamedTupleCursor(_cursor):
             raise self._exc
     else:
         def _make_nt(self, namedtuple=namedtuple):
-            return namedtuple("Record", [d[0] for d in self.description or ()])
+            def f(s):
+                # NOTE: Python 3 actually allows unicode chars in fields
+                s = _re.sub('[^a-zA-Z0-9_]', '_', s)
+                # Python identifier cannot start with numbers, namedtuple fields
+                # cannot start with underscore. So...
+                if _re.match('^[0-9_]', s):
+                    s = 'f' + s
+
+                return s
+
+            return namedtuple(
+                "Record", [f(d[0]) for d in self.description or ()])
 
 
 class LoggingConnection(_connection):