SET

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Synopsis

SET identifier = expression

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Description

Use the SET statement in SQL routines to assign a value to a variable, referenced by comma-separated identifiers. The value is determined by evaluating the expression after the = sign.

Before the assignment the variable must be defined with a DECLARE statement. The data type of the variable must be identical to the data type of evaluating the expression.

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Examples

The following functions returns the value 1 after setting the counter variable multiple times to different values:

FUNCTION one()
  RETURNS bigint
  BEGIN
    DECLARE counter tinyint DEFAULT 1;
    SET counter = 0;
    SET counter = counter + 2;
    SET counter = counter / counter;
    RETURN counter;
  END

Further examples of varying complexity that cover usage of the SET statement in combination with other statements are available in the SQL routines examples documentation.

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See also

• routines
• declare