since this is an OO'ish interface to the DB, utf8 is achieved a bit differently to the DBI way. have a look for Jifty::DBI::Filter::utf8 module and methods
the hardest line to type correctly is: stty erase ^H
Comment on Re: utf-8 for mysql-connection in Jifty
Thank you! This one i founded too, but i got no idea how could i use it ;) Besides, those two lines of documentation gave me a impression it is dealing with strings and not with connection itself. Correct me if i am wrong, but i did not get any further here. Thank you!