GIS In MySQL Database

"Michael Avila" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.db.mysql.windows
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I have a Win32 MySQL database. I want to add GIS information, specifically
latitude and longitude. Reading the MySQL docs online, it seems like the WKT
format can be used to describe this information. If I understand the docs
correctly, it is stored in a blob. (I assume a TinyBlob.) If I wanted to add
the latitude and longitude of a location using SQL, how would I do that?

INSERT INTO tablename (longlat) VALUE('POINT(40.12345 -83.12345)')

where longlat would be a TINYBLOB.

Would that be correct or have I missed the train as it pulled out of the
station?

Thanks.

Mike


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