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

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