title: cursor error syntax in mysql
body: <p>i have such procedure but all the time i want to execute it i get syntax error near declaring variables... can anybody tell me what i am doint wrong</p>
  
  <p>i have two tables one for questions and one for answers and excel file to migrate data to this tables.
  data in excel looks like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>ID      N       TITLE
  3       99500   question1
  4       
  5               answer1
  6       X       answer2
  7               answer3
  
  
  
  
   DELIMITER $$
  create Procedure proc_answermigration()
  begin
  
    DECLARE @i,@n,@q,@ind,@pt varchar default '';
    DECLARE @done,@aord int default 0;
    DECLARE cur cursor for select ID, N, question, from test.qustionmigration;
    DECLARE CONTINUE HANDLER FOR NOT FOUND SET @done = 1;
    open cur;
  
    read_loop: Loop
    fetch cur into i,n,q;
  
    IF done THEN
    LEAVE read_loop;
    END IF;
  
    if n &lt;&gt; '' or n &lt;&gt; 'X'
      then
        select @ind = iq.question_id, @pt = iq.points from test.qustionmigration qm
        inner join ilias.qpl_questions iq on qm.question = iq.question_text
        where question = q
    else
        insert into qpl_a_sc
        (
          answer_id,
          question_fi,
          answertext,
          points,
          aorder,
          tstamp
        )
        select (select sequence from qpl_a_sc_seq),
                ind,
                question,
                pt,
                aord,
                '1342884200'
        from test.qustionmigration
        end if;
  
    update qpl_a_sc_seq
    set sequence = sequence + 1;
  
    if @aord = 0 then set @aord = 1;
    elseif @aord = 1 then set @aord = 2;
    else set @aord = 0;
  
    end loop;
    CLOSE cur;
  
  end$$
  
  DELIMITER ;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>i corrected some statements but still it has syntax error saying:</p>
  
  <pre><code>#1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'LOOP; close cur; end' at line 52
  
  
  DELIMITER $$
  create Procedure proc_answermigration()
  begin
  
    DECLARE i,n,q,ind,pt varchar(500) default '';
    DECLARE done,aord,c int default 0;
    DECLARE cur cursor for select ID, N, question from test.qustionmigration;
    DECLARE  CONTINUE HANDLER FOR NOT FOUND SET done = 1;
  
    open cur;
  
  
    read_loop: LOOP
      fetch cur into i,n,q;
      IF n &lt;&gt; '' or n &lt;&gt; 'X'
        then
          select ind = iq.question_id, pt = iq.points from test.qustionmigration qm
          inner join ilias.qpl_questions iq on qm.question = iq.question_text
          where question = q;
      else
          insert into qpl_a_sc
          (
            answer_id,
            question_fi,
            answertext,
            points,
            aorder,
            tstamp
          )
          select (select sequence from qpl_a_sc_seq),
                  ind,
                  question,
                  pt,
                  aord,
                  '1342884200'
          from test.qustionmigration;
      end IF;
  
      update qpl_a_sc_seq
      set sequence = sequence + 1;
  
      if aord = 0 then set aord = 1;
      elseif aord = 1 then set aord = 2;
      else set aord = 0;
  
      set c = c + 1;
  
  
    IF done = 1 THEN
        LEAVE read_loop;
    END IF;
  
    END LOOP;
  
    close cur;
  end$$
  DELIMITER ;
  </code></pre>