The variable name var_name may consist of alphanumeric characters from the current character set, '.','_', and $.
One way to set a user-defined variable is by issuing a SET statement:
SET @var_name = expr [, @var_name = expr] ...
mysql> mysql> SET @t1=0, @t2=1, @t3=2; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) mysql> mysql> select @t1; +------+ | @t1 | +------+ | 0 | +------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql> select @t2; +------+ | @t2 | +------+ | 1 | +------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql> select @t3; +------+ | @t3 | +------+ | 2 | +------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql>