Hello monks

This task should be trivial...but when I insert/update a record in my MySQL database with a value containing special characters, the special characters are not saved. No special message. Why?

#shortened script

#getting pars with CGI
my $q = CGI->new();
my $LicenseKey = $q->param('key');
my $UserName = $q->param('user');
my $UserPW = $q->param('pw');

my $dbhServer = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:$db:$host", $user, $pass);

my $sth = $dbhServer->prepare("INSERT INTO Accounts VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?
+, ?)");
$sth->execute(undef, $LicenseKey, $UserName, $UserPW, $date) || print 
+("ERROR EXECUTION: " . $dbhServer->errstr);

#same with updating
my $sth = $dbhServer->prepare('update Accounts set UserName=?, Passwor
+d=?  WHERE LicenseKey=?');
$sth->execute($UserName, $UserPW, $LicenseKey)|| print ("ERROR EXECUTI
+ON: " . $dbhServer->errstr);

$dbhServer->disconnect;

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In reply to CGI MySQL insert/update special characters by Takamoto

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