How can I simulate a print statement in MySQL?

Question

I have some procedures where I would like to get some kind of acknowledgement after a condition has been assessed.

For example, the pusedocode would be like,

Answer 1

You can print some text by using SELECT command like that:

SELECT 'some text'

Result:

+-----------+
| some text |
+-----------+
| some text |
+-----------+
1 row in set (0.02 sec)