MySQL delimiter syntax error

Question

I\'m trying to change the MySQL command delimiter so I can create a procedure with multiple commands in it. However, the delimiter command does not seem to be recognised on

Answer 1

DELIMITER is not a MySQL command. It's a command that your MySQL client needs to support. I was running PHPMyAdmin 2.8.2.4, which didn't support it. When I upgraded to the newest version, which is currently 3.4.9, it worked just fine. Your MySQL version has nothing to do with DELIMITER and whether it's supported or not.

Answer 2

You don't need to delimit the DELIMIT statements

DELIMITER //

procedure here etc

DELIMITER ;

Exactly as per "Defining Stored Programs" in the MySQL docs.

And if you can control versions, the latest is 5.5.20. Why not use that?

Edit:

The error message indicates an error in the previous statement... if this can't be seem force it thus

; /* <- force previous statement termination */ DELIMITER //

procedure here etc

DELIMITER ;