Re: Strange issue with inserting varchar2()

[email protected] Fri, 28 May 2021 01:45:27 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lang.perl.modules.dbi.general
Message-ID <20210527234527.5noobhij53avimjc@pali>
On Thursday 27 May 2021 23:35:32 Bruce  Johnson wrote:
> use bytes; $string=substr($orig,0,4000);

Hello! This is really suspicious. See **BOLD** description of 'bytes' module:

  **Use of this module for anything other than debugging purposes is strongly discouraged.**

  **If you feel that the functions here within might be useful for your application, this possibly indicates a mismatch between your mental model of Perl Unicode and the current reality.**