MySQL Trigger - Storing a SELECT in a variable

Question

I have a trigger in which I want to have a variable that holds an INT I get from a SELECT, so I can use it in two IF statements instead of calling the SEL

Answer 1

Or you can just include the SELECT statement in the SQL that's invoking the trigger, so its passed in as one of the columns in the trigger row(s). As long as you're certain it will infallibly return only one row (hence one value). (And, of course, it must not return a value that interacts with the logic in the trigger, but that's true in any case.)