DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `test`;
CREATE TABLE `test` (
  `id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `pic` varchar(50) NOT NULL,
  `hashcode` varchar(16) NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=5 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

-- ----------------------------
-- Records of test
-- ----------------------------
INSERT INTO `test` VALUES ('1', '2012120910403250c3fa209bf48.jpg', 'bf8f83818080c0f1');
INSERT INTO `test` VALUES ('2', '2012120620430750c092db26557.JPG', 'ff9880f0f680ceff');
INSERT INTO `test` VALUES ('3', '2012120619582550c08861eb062.jpg', '7f7f004f7f7f7c7f');
INSERT INTO `test` VALUES ('4', '2012112911072650b6d16e7f21f.jpg', '7f7f004f7f7f007f');

mysql>CREATE FUNCTION hashDiff( s1 varchar(16), s2 varchar(16))
->RETURNS INT
->BEGIN
->DECLARE diff, x INT;
->SET diff =0;
->SET x = 0;
->WHILE (x  < 16 )  DO
->SET x = x+1;
->if SUBSTRING(s1, x,1)<>SUBSTRING(s2, x,1) then
->set diff=diff+ 1;
->end if;
->END WHILE;
->RETURN diff;
->END
->//
mysql>select * from test t where  hashDiff(t.hashcode,'ff9880f0f680ceff')  < 5;

mysql> delimiter //
mysql> CREATE PROCEDURE simpleproc (OUT param1 INT)
    -> BEGIN
    ->   SELECT COUNT(*) INTO param1 FROM t;
    -> END
    -> //
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> delimiter ;
mysql> CALL simpleproc(@a);
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> SELECT @a;
+------+
| @a   |
+------+
| 3    |
+------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)