Thanks, I solved the problem by following the advice on the second
comment on this page:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/charset-connection.html
Chas Owens wrote:
On 8/29/07, Karjala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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I'm desperate for a solution, a hint, or if you run Debian to please try
these short scripts on your machine to tell me whether you're getting
the same results (or better ones).
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Have you tried doing the insert from the mysql command to see if it is
the database that is at fault and not Perl?
You probably are already aware of this url, but I am including it just
case you haven't read this stuff:
http://www.mysql.org/doc/refman/5.0/en/charset.html