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

Hemant you do not state the RDBMS that use. Here is a script in t-sql that you can use in order to solve your problem.

DECLARE @numberToReach INT;
SET @numberToReach = 10; --you can change this

DECLARE @date DATETIME;
DECLARE @etc VARCHAR(20);
DECLARE @meeting INT;
DECLARE @temp_sum INT;

CREATE TABLE #tempTable
    (
        Dates DATETIME,
        Etcs VARCHAR(20),
        Meeting INT,
    )

DECLARE tempcursor CURSOR FOR
        SELECT *
        FROM YourTABLENAME
OPEN tempcursor;
FETCH NEXT FROM tempcursor INTO @date, @etc, @meeting;

WHILE(@@FETCH_STATUS = 0)
BEGIN
    SET @temp_sum = @temp_sum + @meeting;
    IF @temp_sum < @numberToReach 
    BEGIN
        INSERT INTO #tempTable
        (
            Dates,
            Etcs,
            Meeting
        )
        VALUES
        (
            @date, 
            @etc, 
            @meeting
        )

        FETCH NEXT FROM tempcursor INTO @date, @etc, @meeting;
    END 
END

SELECT * FROM #tempTable

CLOSE tempcursor
DEALLOCATE tempcursor

DROP TABLE  #tempTable