Hi, Folks I have some code that somewhere do: if (utf8::is_utf8($chave)) { print IDX pack('a*x',$chave); } This IDX was opened without any special binmode. For the same input, I get it working on perl 5.8, and not working on 5.10 (Wide character in print). ANy hints? Thanks Alberto -- Alberto Simões - Departamento de Informática - Universidade do Minho Campus de Gualtar - 4710-057 Braga - PortugalThread Next