--- trunk/index_DBI_cache.pm	2004/02/10 10:20:50	225
+++ branches/drustvene/index_DBI_cache.pm	2005/01/02 21:24:51	627
@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@
 
 	$self->bench("connected to $dbd as $user");
 
+	# force SQLite to support binary 0 in data (which shouldn't
+	# happend, but it did to me)
+	eval {
+		no warnings 'all';
+		$self->{dbh}->{sqlite_handle_binary_nulls} = 1;
+	};
+
 	return $self;
 }
 
@@ -62,9 +69,9 @@
 #print "#### delete_and_create($field)\n";
 
 	my $sql = "select count(*) from $field";
-	my $sth = $self->{dbh}->prepare($sql) || die $self->{dbh}->errstr();
+	my $sth = $self->{dbh}->prepare($sql);
 # FIX: this is not a good way to check if table exists!
-	if ($sth->execute() && $sth->fetchrow_hashref) {
+	if ($sth && $sth->execute() && $sth->fetchrow_hashref) {
 		my $sql = "drop table $field";
 		my $sth = $self->{dbh}->do($sql) || warn "SQL: $sql - ".$sth->errstr();
 	}
@@ -95,13 +102,6 @@
 
 	#$sth_cache{$field."select"}->execute($index_data) || die "cache: $field select; ".$self->{dbh}->errstr();
 
-	# XXX for some strange reason, it seems that some entries in my
-	# database produce strings which start with null byte. I suspect
-	# this to be bug in OpenIsis 0.9.0.
-	# This should fix it..
-	$index_data =~ s/^[^\w]+//;
-	$index_data = substr($index_data,0,255);
-
 	my $uc = uc($index_data);
 	if (! $c_table->{$field}->{$uc}) {
 #print stderr "in index: $index_data\n";