mysql loop through records procedure

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using while

DELIMITER //

CREATE PROCEDURE test4 ()
BEGIN
DECLARE paymentsSize INT DEFAULT 0;
DECLARE i INT DEFAULT 0;

select count(*) from payments into paymentsSize;

while i
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DELIMITER // 

DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS sp_test //

CREATE PROCEDURE sp_test ()
BEGIN
	DECLARE done INT DEFAULT FALSE;
	DECLARE myid INT;
	DECLARE cur1 CURSOR FOR SELECT id from table1 WHERE firstname IS NULL;
	DECLARE CONTINUE HANDLER FOR NOT FOUND SET done = TRUE;

	OPEN cur1;

	read_loop: LOOP
		IF done THEN
			LEAVE read_loop;
		END IF;

		FETCH cur1 INTO myid;
		UPDATE table1 SET firstname = (SELECT firstname from table2 WHERE id = myid)
		WHERE id = myid;
	END LOOP;

	close cur1;
END;