USE test; DELIMITER $$ DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS example3$$ CREATE PROCEDURE example3() BEGIN DECLARE dname VARCHAR(255); DECLARE hasnext INT DEFAULT TRUE; DECLARE nation VARCHAR(255); DECLARE c CURSOR FOR SELECT displayname FROM moma.artists WHERE nationality = nation LIMIT 20; DECLARE CONTINUE HANDLER FOR NOT FOUND SET hasnext = FALSE; SET nation = 'Belgian'; SELECT concat(nation,' artists:'); OPEN c; FETCH c INTO dname; WHILE hasnext DO SELECT dname; FETCH c INTO dname; END WHILE; CLOSE c; SET nation = 'Finnish'; SELECT concat('\n',nation,' artists:'); SET hasnext = TRUE; OPEN c; FETCH c INTO dname; WHILE hasnext DO SELECT dname; FETCH c INTO dname; END WHILE; END $$ DELIMITER ; call example3();