| 128           | 256          |
| SKIP_PARALLEL_REPLICATION | ON            | NULL         |
| INNODB_SYNC_SPIN_LOOPS    | NULL          | 120          |
+---------------------------+---------------+--------------+

SHOW VARIABLES will by default return the session value unless the variable is
global only.

SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'max_error_count';
+-----------------+-------+
| Variable_name   | Value |
+-----------------+-------+
| max_error_count | 128   |
+-----------------+-------+

SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'skip_parallel_replication';
+---------------------------+-------+
| Variable_name             | Value |
+---------------------------+-------+
| skip_parallel_replication | ON    |
+---------------------------+-------+

SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'innodb_sync_spin_loops';
+------------------------+-------+
| Variable_name          | Value |
+------------------------+-------+
| innodb_sync_spin_loops | 120   |
+------------------------+-------+

Using the inplace syntax:

SELECT (@a:=1);
+---------+
| (@a:=1) |
+---------+
|       1 |
+---------+

SELECT @a;
+------+
| @a   |
+------+
|    1 |
+------+

URL: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/set/https://mariadb.com/kb/en/set/