Get Updated Value in MySQL instead of affected rows

Question

I\'ve been trying to find an answer to this question, but haven\'t found any definitive \"yes\" or \"no\" in all my research.

I\'m running a simple MySQL query like

Answer 1

If you don't want to run another Query SELECT then here is another way to do it. I have modified Mr. Berkowski code for reference:

DELIMITER $$
CREATE PROCEDURE increment_score
(
   IN id_in INT
)
BEGIN
    set @newScore := null;
    UPDATE item SET score = IF((@newScore := score+1) <> NULL IS NULL, @newScore, NULL) WHERE id = id_in;
    SELECT @newScore;
END
DELIMITER ;