limiting the rows to where the sum a column equals a certain value in MySQL

Question

I want to write a query which returns all rows until the sum of one of the columns value reaches a certain value.

For example in the table below:

Answer 1

Here's a way to do it without a stored procedure:

SET @msum := 0;
SELECT t1.* 
FROM (
    SELECT m.*,  
          (@msum := @msum + m.meetings) AS cumulative_meetings
    FROM meetings m 
    ORDER BY m.date ASC
) t1 
WHERE t1.cumulative_meetings <= 7;