This is probably more of a MySQL question.
Let's start with the code:

my $sth = $dbh->prepare('SELECT * FROM applicants WHERE last_name LIKE
+ "%?%"; ORDER BY date_col, job_position'); 
     $sth->execute($last_name) or die $sth->errstr;

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Returns "execute called with 1 bind variables when 0 are needed"

What I'm trying to accomplish is searching the 'applicants' TABLE by column name 'last_name' using the LIKE statement. If I merely place text into this code it works. However, trying to pass a variable into it doesn't work. The $string in the sth works with a placeholder if I don't use LIKE. I've tried escaping the characters, putting the string directly in the LIKE statement and every variation I can think of.

Does anyone have any suggestions? I've looked at all my docs and mysql.com and found nothing about this.

peppiv

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In reply to MySQL/Perl LIKE $string question by peppiv

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