perl-unicode

Comparing UTF8 strings in Perl

2003-02-06 14:30:05
Hi,

I have a Web application that accepts a username and then displays his/her
particulars, using Perl 5.6 as the CGI script and having the student
particulars stored in a text file. Say user enters the username in UTF8 and
the text file stores UTF8 strings, the Perl script reads the records and
then tries to compare the usernames so as to display the particulars to the
user if there is a match.

Below is how the comparison is done. Apparently, it does not work on UTF8
strings.

if ( $NameFromUser eq $NameFromDB ) {
   // DISPLAY particulars to user
}  

Please advise. Thanks.

Will

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