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

Answer corresponding to this by @Brad Parks Not sure about the MySQL version, but mine was 5.6, hence a little bit tweaking works:

I created a function debug_msg which is function (not procedure) and returns text(no character limit) and then call the function as SELECT debug_msg(params) AS my_res_set, code as below:

CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` FUNCTION `debug_msg`(`enabled` INT(11), `msg` TEXT) RETURNS text CHARSET latin1
    READS SQL DATA
BEGIN
    IF enabled=1 THEN
    return concat('** DEBUG:', "** ", msg);
    END IF;
END

DELIMITER $$
CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` PROCEDURE `proc_func_call`(
 IN RegionID VARCHAR(20),
 IN RepCurrency INT(11),
 IN MGID INT(11),
 IN VNC VARCHAR(255)
)
BEGIN
    SET @enabled = TRUE;
    SET @mainQuery = "SELECT * FROM Users u";
    SELECT `debug_msg`(@enabled, @mainQuery) AS `debug_msg1`;
    SET @lastQuery = CONCAT(@mainQuery, " WHERE u.age>30);
    SELECT `debug_msg`(@enabled, @lastQuery) AS `debug_msg2`;
END $$
DELIMITER