MySQL Tutorial/Procedure Function/DETERMINISTIC

DETERMINISTIC function

mysql>
mysql> delimiter $$
mysql>
mysql> CREATE FUNCTION count_strings
    ->       (in_string VARCHAR(256),in_substr VARCHAR(128))
    ->   RETURNS INT
    ->   DETERMINISTIC
    -> BEGIN
    ->   DECLARE l_count INT DEFAULT 0;
    ->   DECLARE l_start INT DEFAULT 1;
    ->   DECLARE l_pos   INT;
    ->
    ->   MainLoop:
    ->   LOOP
    ->     SET l_pos=LOCATE(in_substr,in_string,l_start);
    ->     IF l_pos=0 THEN
    ->        LEAVE MainLoop;
    ->     ELSE
    ->       SET l_count=l_count+1;
    ->       SET l_start=l_pos+1;
    ->     END IF;
    ->
    ->   END LOOP;
    ->   RETURN(l_count);
    -> END$$
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql>
mysql> delimiter ;
mysql> select count_strings("asdf,asdfasdff,asdf,asdfasdf,","asd");
+------------------------------------------------------+
| count_strings("asdf,asdfasdff,asdf,asdfasdf,","asd") |
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|                                                    6 |
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1 row in set (0.02 sec)
mysql> drop function count_strings;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
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