MySQL Syntax Error In Variable Declaration

Question

I have the following MySQL query:

DELIMITER //
CREATE PROCEDURE InsertResult (IN winnerID INT, IN loserID INT)
BEGIN
    INSERT INTO KomperResult (WinnerID,          


        

Answer 1

DECLAREs need to go on the first line of your procedure.

From the docs:

DECLARE is permitted only inside a BEGIN ... END compound statement and must be at its start, before any other statements.