19.2.4. CALL
Statement Syntax
CALL sp_name
([parameter
[,...]])
The CALL
statement invokes a procedure that
was defined previously with CREATE PROCEDURE
.
CALL
can pass back values to its caller using
parameters that are declared as OUT
or
INOUT
parameters. It also
“returns” the number of rows affected, which a
client program can obtain at the SQL level by calling the
ROW_COUNT()
function and from C by calling
the mysql_affected_rows()
C API function.