# File lib/sdb/sdb_interface.rb, line 151
    def ruby_to_sdb(value)
#        puts "value #{value} is frozen? #{value.frozen?}"
#      value.nil? ? @nil_rep : ((value.frozen? || !value.is_a?(String)) ? value : value.force_encoding("UTF-8"))
      value.nil? ? @nil_rep : value
    end