Will, I'm no utf-8/perl expert, far from it. However it's obvious that if the comparison isn't working (and you're sure you've coded the comparison correctly) then you're not comparing like with like. i.e. if the strings are the "same" then your data sources are encoded differently, and the comparison must be encoding dependent.
Have you tested it with just one name in the database? Have you verified that the comparison works when neither data source is utf-8 encoded? You're sure that the username submitted to the web-app is utf-8 encoded? You're probably more likely to have success with perl 5.8 <plug>For Unicode support in Perl 5.6.1 there's an article on Sun's globalization support site: http://sun.com/developers/gadc/unicode/perl/ (on which you can provide feedback/questions which probably goes to the author. - so the author may be able to help you) </plug> when you figure it out, let me know the solution please. thanks, -mm Tay, William wrote: > Hi, > > I have a Web application that accepts a username and then displays his/her > particulars, using Perl 5.6 as the CGI script and having the student > particulars stored in a text file. Say user enters the username in UTF8 and > the text file stores UTF8 strings, the Perl script reads the records and > then tries to compare the usernames so as to display the particulars to the > user if there is a match. > > Below is how the comparison is done. Apparently, it does not work on UTF8 > strings. > > if ( $NameFromUser eq $NameFromDB ) { > // DISPLAY particulars to user > } > > Please advise. Thanks. > > Will
