Re: :ODBC 1.46_1 released - You REALLY need to test this release

On 17/11/2013 08:32, Meir Guttman wrote:
> Dear Martin
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Martin J. Evans [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Sent: שבת 16 נובמבר 2013 12:34
>> To: [email protected]; DBI Developers Mailing List; [email protected]
>> Subject: DBD::ODBC 1.46_1 released - You REALLY need to test this release
>>
>> I've just uploaded DBD::ODBC 1.46_1 to the CPAN. In the process of
>> writing
>> http://www.easysoft.com/developer/languages/perl/sql-server-unicode.html
>> and https://github.com/mjegh/dbd_odbc_sql_server_unicode I discovered a
>> serious bug in the way DBD::ODBC can attempt to insert unicode
>> characters into char/varchar/longvarchar columns. This experimental
>> release fixes that issue but it does mean this release contains a
>> significant change in behaviour.
>>
>> The issue ONLY applied to unicode builds of DBD::ODBC (the default on
>> Windows) and enabled in Linux/Unix via the -u switch to Makefile.PL.
>>
>
> The DBD::mysql driver supported Unicode/UTF-8 for some times now by turning
> ON the driver's 'mysql_enable_utf8' attribute. MySQL also supports UTF-8
> text encoding by default.
> Do the last changes affect any of this behavior?
>
> (I am sorry that I cannot test your release. I am using ActivePerl, and
> ActiveState, as a rule, does not compile and release experimental releases
> of packages. I am afraid I'll have to wait until you release a stable one.)
>
> Meir
>
Meir,

I think you've got slightly mixed up. This is DBD::ODBC, not DBD::mysql.

Martin