MySQL / Mariadb - Select * from Stored Procedure - mysql

Question

I am attempting to use UF Dashbuilder which adds syntax to my SQL query and I don't know how to correct it.
The call that works is similar to:
call database.report ('1234', 'txt');
Dashbuilder turns it into this which does not work:
SELECT * FROM (call database.report ('1234', 'txt');) AS `dbSQL` LIMIT 1
I could also use the code below from the end of the stored procedure to store the results in a table and then SELECT * FROM TABLE in Dashbuilder, but I don't know how to store the results in a table (dynamic number of columns).
Can you please tell me how I can make a stored procedure work with SELECT * added or how I can store the results from this code in a table?
SET #sql = NULL;
SET SESSION GROUP_CONCAT_MAX_LEN = 1000000; -- default is 1024
SELECT
GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT
CONCAT(
'MAX(IF(question = ''', REPLACE(question,"'", "\\'"), ''', answer, NULL)) AS ''', REPLACE(question,"'", "\\'"), ''''
)
) INTO #sql
FROM tmp2;
SET #sql = CONCAT('SELECT id, datestamp, ', #sql, ' FROM tmp2 GROUP BY id');
-- SELECT #sql;
PREPARE stmt FROM #sql;
EXECUTE stmt;
DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;
UPDATE 1.
COMMENTS TO ANSWER 1:
Results from original #SQL:
`SET #sql = CONCAT('SELECT id, datestamp, ', #sql, ' FROM tmp2 GROUP BY id');`
SELECT id, datestamp, MAX(IF(question = '1. Our records show that you got care from the provider named below in the last 6 months. {Provider}.  Is that right?', answer, NULL))
AS '1. Our records show that you got care from the provider named below in the last 6 months. {Provider}.  Is that right?',
MAX(IF(question = '2. Is this the provider you usually see if you need a check-up, want advice about a health problem, or get sick or hurt?', answer, NULL))
AS '2. Is this the provider you usually see if you need a check-up, want advice about a health problem, or get sick or hurt?',
MAX(IF(question = 'Area', answer, NULL)) AS 'Area',MAX(IF(question = 'Encounter', answer, NULL)) AS 'Encounter' FROM tmp2 GROUP BY id
Results from #SQL:
ERROR: Error Code: 1166. Incorrect column name '1. Our records show that you got care from the provider named below in the last 6 months. {Provider}'
I guess there is a character that it does not like such as the single quotes?
SET #tableName = 'myreport';
SET #sql = CONCAT('CREATE TABLE ', #tableName, ' AS SELECT id, datestamp, ', #sql, ' FROM tmp2 GROUP BY id');
CREATE TABLE myreport AS SELECT id, datestamp, MAX(IF(question = '1. Our records show that you got care from the provider named below in the last 6 months. {Provider}.  Is that right?', answer, NULL))
AS '1. Our records show that you got care from the provider named below in the last 6 months. {Provider}.  Is that right?',
MAX(IF(question = '2. Is this the provider you usually see if you need a check-up, want advice about a health problem, or get sick or hurt?', answer, NULL))
AS '2. Is this the provider you usually see if you need a check-up, want advice about a health problem, or get sick or hurt?',
MAX(IF(question = 'Area', answer, NULL)) AS 'Area',MAX(IF(question = 'Encounter', answer, NULL)) AS 'Encounter' FROM tmp2 GROUP BY id
UPDATE 2:
THIS WORKS!!! THANKS!
I have to reduce the length of the column name as shown below. Then I can run the stored procedure twice per day and select * from this table in Dashbuilder.
CREATE TABLE myreport AS SELECT id, datestamp, MAX(IF(question = '1. Our records show that you got care from the provider named below in the last 6 months. {Provider}.  Is that right?', answer, NULL))
AS '1.',
MAX(IF(question = '2. Is this the provider you usually see if you need a check-up, want advice about a health problem, or get sick or hurt?', answer, NULL))
AS '2.',
MAX(IF(question = 'Area', answer, NULL)) AS 'Area',MAX(IF(question = 'Encounter', answer, NULL)) AS 'Encounter' FROM tmp2 GROUP BY id
UPDATE 3: This works! Thanks!
SET #t = CONCAT('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ', survey_report );
PREPARE stmt FROM #t;
EXECUTE stmt;
DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;
SET #sql = NULL;
SET SESSION GROUP_CONCAT_MAX_LEN = 1000000; -- default is 1024
SELECT
GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT
CONCAT(
'MAX(IF(question = ''', REPLACE(question,"'", "\\'"), ''', answer, NULL)) AS ''', REPLACE(udf_clean_column_name(15, udf_remove_tags(question)),"'", "\\'"), ''''
)
) INTO #sql
FROM tmp2;
SET #sql = CONCAT('CREATE TABLE ', survey_report, ' AS SELECT id, datestamp, ipaddr, ', #sql, ' FROM tmp2 GROUP BY id');
-- SELECT #sql;
PREPARE stmt FROM #sql;
EXECUTE stmt;
DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;
DROP TEMPORARY TABLE IF EXISTS `survey_lookup`;
DROP TEMPORARY TABLE IF EXISTS `tmp`;
DROP TEMPORARY TABLE IF EXISTS `tmp2`;
Mysql Function to remove spaces, etc. from the column names.
CREATE FUNCTION `udf_clean_column_name`(col_name_len INT, str varchar(200)) RETURNS varchar(200)
BEGIN
SET str = SUBSTRING(str,1,col_name_len);
SET str = TRIM(str);
SET str = Replace(str,' ','_');
SET str = Replace(str,'-','');
SET str = Replace(str,'?','');
SET str = Replace(str,',','');
SET str = Replace(str,'.','');
RETURN str;
END;
Mysql function to remove tags (I don't recall where I got this function).
CREATE FUNCTION `udf_remove_tags`(Dirty varchar(4000))
RETURNS varchar(4000)
DETERMINISTIC
BEGIN
DECLARE iStart, iEnd, iLength int;
WHILE Locate( '<', Dirty ) > 0 And Locate( '>', Dirty, Locate( '<', Dirty )) > 0 DO
BEGIN
SET iStart = Locate( '<', Dirty ), iEnd = Locate( '>', Dirty, Locate('<', Dirty ));
SET iLength = ( iEnd - iStart) + 1;
IF iLength > 0 THEN
BEGIN
SET Dirty = Insert( Dirty, iStart, iLength, '');
set Dirty = Replace(Dirty,' ',''); #No space between & and nbsp;
set Dirty = Replace(Dirty,'\r','');
set Dirty = Replace(Dirty,'\n','');
END;
END IF;
END;
END WHILE;
RETURN Dirty;
END;

Answer 1

I don't see any mention of stored procedures in the UF DashBuilder documentation, so it looks like they don't have a way around this.
You can create a table from a SELECT query. If you omit the column specifications, they'll be derived automatically from the select list of the query.
SET #sql = CONCAT('CREATE TABLE ', tableName, ' AS
SELECT id, datestamp, ', #sql, ' FROM tmp2 GROUP BY id');
PREPARE stmt FROM #sql
EXECUTE stmt;
DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;