The very most simple approach for you would be to try the following. Directly after connecting: ~~~ my $dbHandle = DBI->connect ~~~ try this: ~~~ $dbHandle->do("SET NAMES 'utf8'"); ~~~ Bzw. in Deinem Fall auch was Anderes, womöglich "latin-1": [https://php-de.github.io/jumpto/mysql-and-utf8/](https://php-de.github.io/jumpto/mysql-and-utf8/) Gunnar wird Dir gleich erklären, warum alles außer UTF-8 ganz schlimm ist und Du bitte Deinen Code umzubauen hast.

The very most simple approach for you would be to try the following. Directly after connecting: ~~~ my $dbHandle = DBI->connect ~~~ try this: ~~~ $dbHandle->do("SET NAMES 'utf8'"); ~~~