FreeTDS Development Group

["Ilya Storozhilov" <storozhilov AT newmail.ru>]

I use DBD::Sybase 0.91 working via FreeTDS library on FreeBSD 4.0. It
works good, but I have a big problem with international (Russian for
example) characters. Here is configuration & example:
 
1. FreeBSD 4.0 Stable, FreeTDS 0.51, Perl 500503, DBI 1.14, DBD::Sybase
0.91
2. WinNT 4.0 Server sp6, MS SQL 7.0 sp2
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USE Northwind
 
CREATE TABLE CLIENTS (CLIENTS_NAME VARCHAR(250))
 
CREATE PROCEDURE up_InsertClient @ClientName VARCHAR(250)
AS INSERT INTO CLIENTS VALUES (@ClientName)
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#!/usr/bin/perl
use DBI;
my $DBHandle = DBI->connect("DBI:Sybase:server=192.168.1.1", "sa",
"1234567890");
my $SQLText = "EXEC up_InsertClient \@ClientName = 'Some international
(Russian for example) characters'";
$DBHandle->do($SQLText);
$BDHandle->disconnect;
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Uncorrect symbols was writed to table CLIENTS after running this
Perl-script instead of normal Russian letters. It seems like loosing of
8-th bit in binary symbol's code. I have tried this code:
 
DBI->connect("DBI:Sybase:server=192.168.1.1;charset=cp1251;language=russian",
"sa", "1234567890");
 
and situation was repeated. Using DBD::FreeTDS script works correct, but
this module has too many another bugs and I can't use this.
Please help with this problem! Thanx!
Ilya Storozhilov.