I am using Mysql 8.4 and am trying to use a form to provide info to a Perl cgi to insert data into a Mysql database table. Previous I used Mysql 5.7 and was successful with these statements: 


use DBI;
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
use POSIX qw(strftime);
$shortdate = strftime "%B %d, %Y", localtime;

$Posted=$shortdate;

$JobID=param('JobID');
$EmployerID=param('EmployerID');
$EmployerName=param('EmployerName');
$Title=param('Title');
$City=param('City');
$StateProvince=param('StateProvince');
$Description=param('Description');
$Function=param('Function');
$Sector=param('Sector');
$Country=param('Country');

my $dbh = DBI->connect('dbi:mysql:jobs_db','poster','posterpasswd');

my $sth =$dbh->prepare("INSERT INTO jobs (JobID,EmployerID,EmployerNam
+e,Title,City,StateProvince,Description,Function,Sector,Country,Posted
+)
Values(?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)");

$sth ->execute($JobID,$EmployerID,$EmployerName,$Title,$City,$StatePro
+vince,$Description,$Function,$Sector,$Country,$Posted);

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Everything worked! Now it doesn't work. I have gotten an error message noting syntax error near my $sth=$dbh->prepare and another one indicating the use of place holders has been deprecated and cannot be used. I'm at a lost for ideas. Can anyone provide the currently acceptable way to use Perl statements to insert the data into the table? I would truly appreciate any help offered.

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