Are you binding these character strings? If not, try it. If you are, I'd look into whether or not there is some means of specifying the character encoding of the bind parameter. Perhaps like (ficticious examples follow!): 
$sth->bind_param(1,$value,SQL_VARCHAR_UTF8)

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or perhaps more like 
$sth->bind_param(1,$value,{TYPE=>SQL_VARCHAR, ENCODING=>UTF8})

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I don't know details, but maybe this can guide your search for further information.

I don't see anything specific about this in the DBI or DBD::mysql docs... but you could try playing around with it a little.


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In reply to Re: Perl Mysql and UTF8 by etcshadow
in thread Perl Mysql and UTF8 by emilioayllon

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