Hi everyone, Is this caused by a utf-8 problem? The install of DBD::mysql via cpan will not pass two of its tests, takeimp and impdata: t/70takeimp.................Can't use dbi_imp_data of wrong size (127 not 124) at /usr/lib/perl5/DBI.pm line 1190. SV = RV(0x81a462c) at 0x8268020 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (ROK) RV = 0x8267ff0 (in cleanup) dbih_getcom handle DBI::db=HASH(0x8267ff0) is not a DBI handle (has no magic). SV = RV(0x81a462c) at 0x8268074 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (ROK,READONLY) RV = 0x8267ff0 # Looks like you planned 21 tests but only ran 12. # Looks like your test died just after 12. t/70takeimp.................dubious Test returned status 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00) DIED. FAILED tests 13-21 Failed 9/21 tests, 57.14% okay t/71impdata.................ok 1/10Can't use dbi_imp_data of wrong size (127 not 124) at /usr/lib/perl5/DBI.pm line 1190. SV = RV(0x81a63c8) at 0x8384b30 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (ROK) RV = 0x8384b00 (in cleanup) dbih_getcom handle DBI::db=HASH(0x8384b00) is not a DBI handle (has no magic). SV = RV(0x81a63c8) at 0x8384b84 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (ROK,READONLY) RV = 0x8384b00 # Looks like you planned 10 tests but only ran 6. # Looks like your test died just after 6. t/71impdata.................dubious Test returned status 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00) DIED. FAILED tests 7-10 Failed 4/10 tests, 60.00% okay Any help you can be would be appreciated. Thanks! Steve