#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use DBI; my $c = "ᎤࢣࣘဃလͶ᠓ᠴᡠᣲ"; my $dbh = DBI->connect( "DBI:mysql:testdb;host=localhost", "test", "test", {'RaiseError' => 1} ); $dbh->do("insert into test (text) values ('$c')");