2 files changed, 18 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/testing/requirements.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/testing/requirements.py
index ade1fd241..163e04947 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/testing/requirements.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/testing/requirements.py
@@ -186,8 +186,15 @@ class SuiteRequirements(Requirements):
         return exclusions.open()
 
     @property
-    def empty_strings(self):
-        """target database can persist/return an empty string."""
+    def empty_strings_varchar(self):
+        """target database can persist/return an empty string with a varchar."""
+
+        return exclusions.open()
+
+    @property
+    def empty_strings_text(self):
+        """target database can persist/return an empty string with an
+        unbounded text."""
 
         return exclusions.open()
 
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/testing/suite/test_types.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/testing/suite/test_types.py
index 361d784b8..cd7b61f42 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/testing/suite/test_types.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/testing/suite/test_types.py
@@ -70,8 +70,7 @@ class _UnicodeFixture(object):
             assert isinstance(row[0], unicode)
 
 
-    @requirements.empty_strings
-    def test_empty_strings(self):
+    def _test_empty_strings(self):
         unicode_table = self.tables.unicode_table
 
         config.db.execute(
@@ -89,9 +88,17 @@ class UnicodeVarcharTest(_UnicodeFixture, fixtures.TablesTest):
     datatype = Unicode(255)
 
 
+    @requirements.empty_strings_varchar
+    def test_empty_strings(self):
+        self._test_empty_strings()
+
 class UnicodeTextTest(_UnicodeFixture, fixtures.TablesTest):
     __requires__ = 'unicode_data', 'text_type'
 
     datatype = UnicodeText()
 
+    @requirements.empty_strings_text
+    def test_empty_strings(self):
+        self._test_empty_strings()
+
 __all__ = ('UnicodeVarcharTest', 'UnicodeTextTest')
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