Errors with creating MySQL stored functions ERROR 1064 and 1327

Question

I am using MySQL v5.1.36 and I am trying to create a stored function using this code.

DELIMITER //
CREATE FUNCTION `modx`.getSTID (x VARCHAR(255)) RETURNS INT DETERMINISTIC
    BEGIN
    DECLARE y INT;
    SELECT id INTO y
    FROM `modx`.coverage_state
    WHERE `coverage_state`.name = x;
    RETURN y;
    END//

When I enter the MySQL console, I get this answer.

mysql>  DELIMITER //
mysql>  CREATE FUNCTION `modx`.getSTID (x VARCHAR(255)) RETURNS INT DETERMINISTIC
    ->          BEGIN
    ->          DECLARE y INT;
ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that
corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '' at
line 3
mysql>          SELECT id INTO y
    ->          FROM `modx`.coverage_state
    ->          WHERE `coverage_state`.name = x;
ERROR 1327 (42000): Undeclared variable: y
mysql>          RETURN y;
ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that
corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'RETUR
N y' at line 1
mysql>          END//

From what I can find on the Internet, my syntax is correct. What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

I solved my problems by adding “around my variables”. Here is the code I ended up in.

DELIMITER //
CREATE FUNCTION `modx`.getSTID (x VARCHAR(255)) RETURNS INT DETERMINISTIC
    BEGIN
    DECLARE `y` INT;
    SELECT id INTO `y`
    FROM `modx`.coverage_state
    WHERE `coverage_state`.name = `x`;
    RETURN `y`;
    END//
DELIMITER ;

Answer 2

When creating a function / procedure from the mysql console, the first command should be DELIMITER //. Otherwise, the default delimiter ( ;) is used,