I have discovered that you cannot have conditionals outside of the stored procedure in mysql. This is why the syntax error. As soon as I put the code that I needed between
BEGIN
SELECT MONTH(CURDATE()) INTO @curmonth;
SELECT MONTHNAME(CURDATE()) INTO @curmonthname;
SELECT DAY(LAST_DAY(CURDATE())) INTO @totaldays;
SELECT FIRST_DAY(CURDATE()) INTO @checkweekday;
SELECT DAY(@checkweekday) INTO @checkday;
SET @daycount = 0;
SET @workdays = 0;
WHILE(@daycount < @totaldays) DO
IF (WEEKDAY(@checkweekday) < 5) THEN
SET @workdays = @workdays+1;
END IF;
SET @daycount = @daycount+1;
SELECT ADDDATE(@checkweekday, INTERVAL 1 DAY) INTO @checkweekday;
END WHILE;
END
Just for others:
If you are not sure how to create a routine in phpmyadmin you can put this in the SQL query
delimiter ;;
drop procedure if exists test2;;
create procedure test2()
begin
select ‘Hello World’;
end
;;
Run the query. This will create a stored procedure or stored routine named test2. Now go to the routines tab and edit the stored procedure to be what you want. I also suggest reading http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/an-introduction-to-stored-procedures/ if you are beginning with stored procedures.
The first_day function you need is: How to get first day of every corresponding month in mysql?
Showing the Procedure is working Simply add the following line below END WHILE and above END
SELECT @curmonth,@curmonthname,@totaldays,@daycount,@workdays,@checkweekday,@checkday;
Then use the following code in the SQL Query Window.
call test2 /* or whatever you changed the name of the stored procedure to */
NOTE: If you use this please keep in mind that this code does not take in to account nationally observed holidays (or any holidays for that matter).