$ENV{'NLS_NCHAR'} = 'AL32UTF8'; #### Encode::from_to($sInstrumentNameJ, "shiftjis", "utf8"); #added for testing Encode::from_to($sInstrumentShortJ, "shiftjis", "utf8"); #added for testing #### use DBD::Oracle qw(:ora_types ORA_OCI SQLCS_NCHAR ); $dbGOSTky_sth->bind_param(":sInstrumentNameJ",$sInstrumentNameJ,{ora_csform => SQLCS_NCHAR}); $dbGOSTky_sth->bind_param(":sInstrumentShortJ",$sInstrumentShortJ,{ora_csform => SQLCS_NCHAR});