Re^4: Why does perl not mark variable as utf-8?

Is that true? DBD::mysql apparently know what columns to mark on the way out.

"When set, a data retrieved from a textual column type (char, varchar, etc) will have the UTF-8 flag turned on if necessary."

Is that because of column metadata that is provided with the results of a select?

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Re^5: Why does perl not mark variable as utf-8? by Joost (Canon) on Aug 29, 2007 at 15:14 UTC
Yes, that's exactly it; when retrieving a result set, there's enough metadata to determine weather the columns are utf-8 text or binary, but when executing a query it's hard to figure that out. It may be possible, but I've given it a try and couldn't find a good way to do it in the limited time I had. See also http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=25590 "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply]

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