DELIMITER $$
DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS insert_ten_rows $$
CREATE PROCEDURE insert_ten_rows ()
BEGIN
DECLARE crs INT DEFAULT 0;
WHILE crs < 10 DO
INSERT INTO `continent`(`name`) VALUES ('cont'+crs);
SET crs = crs + 1;
END WHILE;
END $$
DELIMITER ;Invoke the procedure:
CALL insert_ten_rows();
The part in red could be done using concat();
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