On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 11:29:57AM +0200, Guillaume Rousse wrote:
> Le Vendredi 14 Juin 2002 00:27, vous avez �crit :
> > On Thu, Jun 13, 2002 at 07:46:43PM +0200, Guillaume Rousse wrote:
> > > According to this thread
> > > http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg10537.html, charset
> > > encoding is not a DBI issue, unless proven there is something wrong :-)
> >
> > It used to not be a DBI issue because perl used to not support any concecpt
> > of characters encodings. Now perl supports UTF8 it's probably important for
> > drivers to set the relevant flag on the data when they return UTF8 strings.
>
> And how can i either fix it currently in my application

Perl provides a way to mark a string as containing utf8.
Take a look at 'perldoc utf8'.

> or, better, help solving this issue ?

Read the UTF8 parts of 'perldoc perlguts' and study the source code
for the driver.  Then subscribe to dbi-dev and tell us what you've
discovered and what needs fixing. Or wait till someone else does.
Patches welcome.

Tim.

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