SELECT INTO Variable in MySQL DECLARE causes syntax error?

Question

I´d like to SELECT a single value into a variable. I´d tried to following:

DECLARE myvar INT(4);

-- immediately returns some syntax error.<

Answer 1

It is worth noting that despite the fact that you can SELECT INTO global variables like:

SELECT ... INTO @XYZ ...

You can NOT use FETCH INTO global variables like:

FETCH ... INTO @XYZ

Looks like it's not a bug. I hope it will be helpful to someone...