Overview

This is special declaration only available inside a stored procedure.

EXAMPLES

CREATE TABLE rowtypeof_table(
  descr VARCHAR(20),
  val INT
);

INSERT INTO rowtypeof_table VALUES ('Life', 42);

DELIMITER $$
CREATE PROCEDURE rowtypeof_proc()
BEGIN
  DECLARE rec1 ROW TYPE OF rowtypeof_table;
  SELECT * INTO rec1 FROM rowtypeof_table;
  SELECT rec1.descr, rec1.val;
END;
$$
DELIMITER ;

CALL rowtypeof_proc();

+------------+----------+
| rec1.descr | rec1.val |
+------------+----------+
| Life       |       42 |
+------------+----------+