How do you debug MySQL stored procedures?

Question

My current process for debugging stored procedures is very simple. I create a table called \"debug\" where I insert variable values from the stored procedure as it runs. Thi

Answer 1

Debugger for mysql was good but its not free. This is what i use now:

DELIMITER GO$

DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS resetLog

GO$

Create Procedure resetLog() 
BEGIN   
    create table if not exists log (ts timestamp default current_timestamp, msg varchar(2048)) engine = myisam; 
    truncate table log;
END; 

GO$

DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS doLog 

GO$

Create Procedure doLog(in logMsg nvarchar(2048))
BEGIN  
  insert into log (msg) values(logMsg);
END;

GO$

Usage in stored procedure:

call dolog(concat_ws(': ','@simple_term_taxonomy_id',  @simple_term_taxonomy_id));

usage of stored procedure:

call resetLog ();
call stored_proc();
select * from log;