Dear Martin > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin J. Evans [mailto:boh...@ntlworld.com] > Sent: שבת 16 נובמבר 2013 12:34 > To: dbi-us...@perl.org; DBI Developers Mailing List; dbi-annou...@perl.org > Subject: DBD::ODBC 1.46_1 released - You REALLY need to test this release > > I've just uploaded DBD::ODBC 1.46_1 to the CPAN. In the process of > writing > http://www.easysoft.com/developer/languages/perl/sql-server-unicode.html > and https://github.com/mjegh/dbd_odbc_sql_server_unicode I discovered a > serious bug in the way DBD::ODBC can attempt to insert unicode > characters into char/varchar/longvarchar columns. This experimental > release fixes that issue but it does mean this release contains a > significant change in behaviour. > > The issue ONLY applied to unicode builds of DBD::ODBC (the default on > Windows) and enabled in Linux/Unix via the -u switch to Makefile.PL. >
The DBD::mysql driver supported Unicode/UTF-8 for some times now by turning ON the driver's 'mysql_enable_utf8' attribute. MySQL also supports UTF-8 text encoding by default. Do the last changes affect any of this behavior? (I am sorry that I cannot test your release. I am using ActivePerl, and ActiveState, as a rule, does not compile and release experimental releases of packages. I am afraid I'll have to wait until you release a stable one.) Meir
