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DBD::mysql mysql_enable_utf8 Question
Posted by: jaakko p
Date: November 25, 2008 04:06PM

I have a couple questions regarding the use of the mysql_enable_utf8 option with the DBD that I haven't been able to find answers for. This may be more appropriate for the Character Encoding forum, if so let me know and I can move it.

1. If I set the mysql_enable_utf8 flag on a connection, does that truely mean I need to pass only UTF-8 data to that handle? Can I pass latin1 data to it without error?

2. Are there performance issues with turning the mysql_enable_utf8 option on?

Presently we are running a database that has a mixture of latin1 and utf8 tables, so I am trying to determine what kind of refactoring my be required to accommodate all tables within the database. Want to make our internal scripts as backwards compatible as possible.

Thanks!
J



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