Error declaring integer variable inside MySQL stored function

Question

I\'m getting an error when trying to declare a new stored function in MySQL (Server version: 5.5.13)

Basically, I have a large table which classifies strings dependi

Answer 1

DECLARE part inside stored procedure must be at top and SET and other statemnts starts after that.

Answer 2

There were some syntax errors -

One of them is - all declarations must be at the begining of the BEGIN...END clause.

DELIMITER $

DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS get_string_class$
CREATE FUNCTION get_string_class(mystring VARCHAR(15))

RETURNS VARCHAR(15)
READS SQL DATA
BEGIN

DECLARE i INT;
DECLARE segment VARCHAR(15);
DECLARE String_Class VARCHAR(15);
DECLARE mystringlength INT;

SET i = 2;
SET mystringlength = LENGTH(mystring);
SET String_Class = NULL;

WHILE i <= mystringlength DO

   SET segment = LEFT(mystring, i);

   SET String_Class = (SELECT String_Class FROM string_class_list WHERE String_Begins = segment);

   IF (SELECT FOUND_ROWS()) = 1 THEN
      RETURN String_Class;
   END IF;

   SET i = i + 1;

END WHILE;

RETURN String_Class;

END$
DELIMITER ;