bash - SQL Query Outputs to variable

Question

Im new in bash scripting. I want to save sql-query outputs in variable, but

actually I must connect for every query to mysql with:

mysql -u $MYUSER -p$MY         


        

Answer 1

I did this

variable=mysql -u root -ppassworrd database << EOF select MAX(variable) AS a from table where variable2 = 'SOMETEXT' AND day(datevalue) >= 22; EOF

I hope it helps