Pass a variable into CURSOR's SELECT Query (MySQL) - mysql

Question

I'm trying the stored procedure below. However, when i pass the actual column name in 'DECLARE cur1' line, the SP returns correct value but when I pass variable name i.e. input parameter (colName), it returns 0. I've added comments in my code below. Is the code correct?
DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS test1.checkHardcodedField;
CREATE PROCEDURE test1.checkHardcodedField(IN textValue CHAR(10), colName CHAR(10), OUT counter VARCHAR(100))
BEGIN
DECLARE done INT DEFAULT FALSE;
DECLARE temp CHAR(16);
DECLARE i INT DEFAULT 0;
-- Issue with this statement, returns incorrect value.
DECLARE cur1 CURSOR FOR SELECT colName FROM data1;
-- This statement works. MSH3 is actual column name
-- DECLARE cur1 CURSOR FOR SELECT MSH3 FROM data1;
DECLARE CONTINUE HANDLER FOR NOT FOUND SET done = TRUE;
OPEN cur1;
read_loop: LOOP
FETCH cur1 INTO temp;
IF done THEN
LEAVE read_loop;
END IF;
IF temp = textValue THEN
SET i = i + 1;
END IF;
END LOOP;
SET counter = i;
CLOSE cur1;
END;

Answer 1

CREATE PROCEDURE procedure_name (..., fieldname VARCHAR, ...)
BEGIN
CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE tmp (field VARCHAR(10));
SET #sql := CONCAT('INSERT INTO tmp SELECT ', fieldname, ' FROM tablename;');
PREPARE stmt FROM #sql;
EXECUTE stmt;
DROP PREPARE stmt;
BEGIN
DECLARE cur CURSOR FOR SELECT field FROM tmp;
...
END;
DROP TABLE tmp;
END