MySQL rejecting parameter

Question

Ok, I\'m going crazy on this one. MySQL is throwing a fit about this bit of SQL:

INSERT INTO `test_table` 
  ( `column1`, `column2` ) 
VALUES 
  ( ?COURSEID, ?C         


        

Answer 1

MySQL does not support named parameter placeholders. You can use only positional parameter placeholders. That is, a placeholder is just a ? symbol.

This conforms to the ANSI SQL behavior, by the way. RDBMS like Oracle support named parameters as an extension to the standard.