So you are running on Windows, your DBD::ODBC is a unicode supprting build and you are using the MS SQL Server native client driver.

We still don't know your DBI and DBD::ODBC versions. I slightly feel you are drip feeding us information.

As far as I can see that log is showing chinese characters returned. Characters 临, 床, 科 and 室 all look like chinese unicode characters. When you fetch that column you can pass it to data_string_desc and DBI will show you more information. If you do what graff told you and your terminal is set up correctly you should be able to print that string.

In reply to Re^3: Perl DBI can't display Chinese text? by mje
in thread Perl DBI can't display Chinese text? by Thai Heng

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