SQL: Create table with term names (String containing years) - mysql

Question

I would like to create a table (two columns, first is auto incremental) which contains the term names, e.g. "SS 2000" and "WS 2000/2001" (for summer and winter term).
I tried the following:
CREATE PROCEDURE create_terms()
BEGIN
Declare #YearEnd integer;
SET #YearEnd = 2014;
Declare #YearFrom integer = #YearEnd - 100;
Declare #Term varchar = '';
while #YearFrom < #YearEnd Begin
#Term = concat('SS ', #YearFrom);
Insert into terms (term) VALUES #Term;
Set #YearFrom = #YearFrom + 1;
End
END
but I already get an error in line 3: SQL query:
CREATE PROCEDURE create_terms()
BEGIN
Declare #YearEnd integer;
MySQL said: Documentation #1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '#YearEnd integer' at line 3
After reading the comments from Abishek and Stuart, I tried the following:
DELIMITER $$
DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS create_terms$$
CREATE PROCEDURE create_terms()
BEGIN
DECLARE YearEnd INT;
Declare YearFrom INT;
Declare Term varchar(10);
SET YearEnd = 2014;
SET YearFrom = YearEnd - 100;
SET Term= '';
WHILE (YearFrom < YearEnd) DO
SET Term = concat('SS ', YearFrom);
Insert into terms (term) VALUES (Term);
Set YearFrom = YearFrom + 1;
END WHILE;
END;
DELIMITER ;
This results in just the DROP PROCEDURE command being successfully processed. Even when removing this line and changing the first lines to:
DELIMITER $$
CREATE PROCEDURE create_terms()$$
BEGIN
it doesn't work, the SQl console just writes "ERROR" and that's it.... :(

Answer 1

There are quite a bunch of errors here
You should use procedure variables
The Syntax for insert is INSERT INTO Table(columns) VALUES(values);
You probably also want to insert the term, not the year end
Your syntax for while is wrong
CREATE PROCEDURE create_terms()
BEGIN
DECLARE YearEnd INT;
Declare YearFrom INT;
Declare Term varchar(10);
SET YearEnd = 2014;
SET YearFrom = YearEnd - 100;
SET Term= '';
WHILE (YearFrom < YearEnd) DO
SET Term = concat('SS ', YearFrom);
Insert into terms (term) VALUES (Term);
Set YearFrom = YearFrom + 1;
END WHILE;
END
Fiddle here

Answer 2

All variable staring # are user variables and need not to be declared, procedures has their local variables not prefix with #, try like this:
DELIMITER $$
DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS create_terms$$
CREATE PROCEDURE create_terms()
BEGIN
Declare YearEnd integer;
SET YearEnd = 2014;
Declare YearFrom integer = YearEnd - 100;
Declare Term varchar = '';
while YearFrom < YearEnd Begin
Term = concat('SS ', YearFrom);
Insert into terms (term) VALUES YearFrom;
Set YearFrom = YearFrom + 1;
End;
END;
DELIMITER ;
Here is help