Mysql - Stored procedure OUT variable return null

Question

My Table Structure is:

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `child`;

CREATE TABLE `child` (
  `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `name` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;


DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `map_parent_child`;

CREATE TABLE `map_parent_child` (
  `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `parent_id` int(11) NOT NULL,
  `child_id` int(11) NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
  UNIQUE KEY `unique_parent_child` (`parent_id`,`child_id`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `parent`;

CREATE TABLE `parent` (
  `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `name` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;

I have create a stored procedure like

DELIMITER $$
DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS `test`.`sp_parent`$$
CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` PROCEDURE `sp_parent`(
    IN parent_name VARCHAR(255),
    IN child_name VARCHAR(255),
    OUT parent_id INT(11))
BEGIN   
    DECLARE parent_id INT DEFAULT 0;
    DECLARE child_id INT DEFAULT 0;

    START TRANSACTION;

        INSERT INTO `parent` (`name`) VALUES(parent_name);      

        SET parent_id = LAST_INSERT_ID();

        INSERT INTO `child` (`name`) VALUES(child_name);

        SET child_id = LAST_INSERT_ID();

        INSERT INTO `map_parent_child` (`parent_id`,`child_id`) VALUES(parent_id,child_id); 
    commit;
END$$
DELIMITER ;

CALL sp_parent("test", "test", @parentid);

But when i try to fetch output variable using select then i get NULL however all INSERT statement work fine and adding record into the database table.

SELECT @parentid;

What i am missing here?

Due to words limitation i can not paste sql query for the structure of those tables — Neeraj, Dec 12 '12 at 06:26
why I am asking is..? that parent table must not have any other fields as not null in order to ** insert query **success. Just check whether that insert query being inserted successfully. If it is so, the last_record will store that value. Keep one other thing mind, that It will not store the value which is explicitely inserted — Chella, Dec 12 '12 at 06:38
There are just two fields(id and name) for parent and child table in which id is auto-incremented. — Neeraj, Dec 12 '12 at 06:39

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 19 '13 at 01:03

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You might have already solved this by now, but the first thing I noticed about your stored procedure is that you have a local variable with the same name as the output variable (parent_id). It looks to me that you're setting the value of the local variable rather than the return variable, so the caller never sees the correct value.

Perhaps removing the local parent_id variable declaration will solve your problem.

answered Mar 19 '13 at 01:03

Paccc

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I had this exact problem – Mr_and_Mrs_D Feb 24 '14 at 12:03

Sashi Kant · Answer 2 · 2012-12-12T06:29:59.647

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The syntax for setting the variable is incorrect, use : like,

SET parent_id := LAST_INSERT_ID();
 SET child_id := LAST_INSERT_ID();

or You can do the setting as

select LAST_INSERT_ID() into parent_id;

edited Dec 12 '12 at 06:29

answered Dec 12 '12 at 06:12

Sashi Kant

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you can use either way...! Its not a problem – Chella Dec 12 '12 at 06:20
Sashi: If i use SELECT LAST_INSERT_ID() into parent_id; then there is no use of OUT variable because you will simply get the expected output without using "OUT". But i want to use SET and return the auto-incremented value to the OUT variable so that if any other user see my stored procedure, could easily understand what it returns.... Make sense? – Neeraj Dec 12 '12 at 06:43
I have added the table structure in the question itself. – Neeraj Dec 12 '12 at 06:48

Mysql - Stored procedure OUT variable return null

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