+ begin
+ # create a message and save to the database
+ msg = make_message(char, 1)
+ # if the save throws, thats fine and the test should pass, as we're
+ # only testing invalid sequences anyway.
+ msg.save!
+
+ # get the saved message back and check that it is identical - i.e:
+ # its OK to accept invalid UTF-8 as long as we return it unmodified.
+ db_msg = msg.class.find(msg.id)
+ assert_equal char, db_msg.title, "Database silently truncated message title"
+
+ rescue ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid
+ # because we only test invalid sequences it is OK to barf on them
+ end