User vs. local variables
What is the difference between user variables and local variables?

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Local variables refer to variables declared within a stored routine. Their scope is limited to the BEGIN and END block in which they are declared.

User variables are named with the @ symbol, and have global scope within the connection (you can set them inside a stored procedure, and still access them after the procedure has finished, for example).

This was first published in June 2007

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