sql - limiting the rows to where the sum a column equals a certain value in MySQL

Question

I want to write a query which returns all rows until the sum of one of the columns value reaches a certain value.

For example in the table below:

           DATE             ETC      Meeting
    2013-02-01 00:00:00    85482        1
    2013-02-01 00:00:00    47228        2
    2013-02-02 00:00:00    12026        4
    2013-02-03 00:00:00    78927        6
    2013-02-04 00:00:00    85662        2
    2013-03-05 00:00:00    47978        1
    2013-08-07 00:00:00     8582        1

If I want to get the rows until the sum of column Meeting equals 7.

           DATE             ETC      Meeting
    2013-02-01 00:00:00    85482        1
    2013-02-01 00:00:00    47228        2
    2013-02-02 00:00:00    12026        4

If I want to get the rows until the sum of column Meeting equals 13.

     DATE                   ETC      Meeting
    2013-02-01 00:00:00    85482        1
    2013-02-01 00:00:00    47228        2
    2013-02-02 00:00:00    12026        4
    2013-02-03 00:00:00    78927        6

Answer 1

Here's a way to do it without a stored procedure:

SET @msum := 0;
SELECT t1.* 
FROM (
    SELECT m.*,  
          (@msum := @msum + m.meetings) AS cumulative_meetings
    FROM meetings m 
    ORDER BY m.date ASC
) t1 
WHERE t1.cumulative_meetings <= 7;