sub run_tests { my $schema = shift; eval 'use Encode ; 1' or plan skip_all, 'Install Encode run this test'; plan tests => 2; DBICTest::Schema::Artist->load_components('UTF8Columns'); DBICTest::Schema::Artist->utf8_columns('name'); Class::C3->reinitialize(); my $artist = $schema->resultset("Artist")->create( { name => 'uni' } ); ok( Encode::is_utf8( $artist->name ), 'got name with utf8 flag' ); my $utf8_char = 'uniuni'; Encode::_utf8_on($utf8_char); $artist->name($utf8_char); ok( !Encode::is_utf8( $artist->{_column_data}->{name} ), 'store utf8 less chars' ); } 1;