Using for loop in MySql data set - mysql

Question

How to use for loop in MySQL data set ?
FOR x IN (SELECT column FROM table_name WHERE column_2 = input_val)
LOOP
sum_total := sum_total + x.column ;
END LOOP;
This is an example how I used to loop data set in oracle.
How can this be achieved in MySql ?

Answer 1

How about not looping at all. It's SQL after all.
SELECT SUM(`column`) total
FROM table_name
WHERE column_2 = <input_val>
Otherwise use CURSOR
Now, equivalent loop using CURSOR will look like
DELIMITER $$
CREATE PROCEDURE sp_loop(IN input_val INT)
BEGIN
DECLARE done INT DEFAULT FALSE;
DECLARE sum_current, sum_total INT DEFAULT 0;
DECLARE cur1 CURSOR FOR SELECT column1 FROM table_name WHERE column2 = input_val;
DECLARE CONTINUE HANDLER FOR NOT FOUND SET done = TRUE;
OPEN cur1;
read_loop: LOOP
FETCH cur1 INTO sum_current;
IF done THEN
LEAVE read_loop;
END IF;
SET sum_total = sum_total + sum_current;
END LOOP;
CLOSE cur1;
SELECT sum_total;
END$$
DELIMITER ;
Here is SQLFiddle

Answer 2

DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS `foo`.`usp_cursor_example`;
DELIMITER $$
CREATE DEFINER=`root`#`localhost` PROCEDURE `foo`.`usp_cursor_example`(
IN name_in VARCHAR(255)
)
READS SQL DATA
BEGIN
DECLARE name_val VARCHAR(255);
DECLARE status_update_val VARCHAR(255);
-- Declare variables used just for cursor and loop control
DECLARE no_more_rows BOOLEAN;
DECLARE loop_cntr INT DEFAULT 0;
DECLARE num_rows INT DEFAULT 0;
-- Declare the cursor
DECLARE friends_cur CURSOR FOR
SELECT
name
, status_update
FROM foo.friend_status
WHERE name = name_in;
-- Declare 'handlers' for exceptions
DECLARE CONTINUE HANDLER FOR NOT FOUND
SET no_more_rows = TRUE;
OPEN friends_cur;
select FOUND_ROWS() into num_rows;
the_loop: LOOP
FETCH friends_cur
INTO name_val
, status_update_val;
IF no_more_rows THEN
CLOSE friends_cur;
LEAVE the_loop;
END IF;
select name_val, status_update_val;
-- count the number of times looped
SET loop_cntr = loop_cntr + 1;
END LOOP the_loop;
-- 'print' the output so we can see they are the same
select num_rows, loop_cntr;
END
DELIMITER ;