Dear Monks--

I'm trying to write a full text search using placeholders.

The general format is:
my $sql = qq{SELECT * FROM $table WHERE (MATCH(Author) AGAINST('+herma
+n +melville' IN BOOLEAN MODE)) order by Title};

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But I'd like to use placeholders. I've tried: 
my $sql = qq{SELECT * FROM $table WHERE (MATCH(Author) AGAINST('? ?' I
+N BOOLEAN MODE)) order by Title};

$ding -> execute("+herman", "+melville") or   die   DBI->errstr;

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But I get an error message saying two values called when none are needed. (I've tried escaping the single-quotes around the question marks in various ways.) So--I've tried: 
my $sql = qq{SELECT * FROM $table WHERE (MATCH(Author) AGAINST(?)) ord
+er by Title};

$ding -> execute("\'+herman +melville\' IN BOOLEAN MODE") or   die   D
+BI->errstr;

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But, weirdly, that gives me results on "melville" whether "herman" is in the column or not.

(I might add that I am a bookseller/coder, and not a student. The search engine on my site, www.amherstbooks.com, is not working right now because my host has asked me to tighten up my searches, which is what I'm trying to do with this.

Thanks in advance for your wisdom!

In reply to DBI:MYSQL placeholders and full text searches by Gnat53

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