Hi Revered Monks,

I am using the perl verision 5.6.1. I am trying to connect to DB using the DBI module and below is my code. 

$var = "project";
my @ca = ("dbi:Oracle:testdbp",$var,"project7");
    eval {
        my $dbh = DBI->connect(@ca);
        };
    if($@) {
        print "Oracle error: $@\n";
    }

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This code works fine. But when i get the project name from another module...instead of hard coding it as "project" 
$var = $ji->tag('sys_projectname');

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Here it throws the below error

Oracle error: Can't locate object method "SWASHNEW" via package "utf8"
+ (perhaps you forgot to load "utf8"?) at /opt/perl.20020530/lib/site_
+perl/5.6.1/PA-RISC/DBD/Oracle.pm line 208.

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But the value returned from the another module is same as "project". I have printed the value and checked. I searched in the internet, where i could find that this is a bug with perl 5.6.1

I need to confirm before i tell it to my client. Please throw some light on this issue.
-Prasanna.K

In reply to Can't locate object method "SWASHNEW" via package "utf8" by kprasanna_79

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