John Paul Ashenfelter wrote:
>>Another popular choice is PosgreSQL. This dbms include really cool
>>geometric
>>data types which would be handy if you're doing anything with land areas
>>or
>>stuff like that.
> 
> MySQL 4.x has added the spatial data types as well (which are really cool
> for GIS applications).

Yes/No.

Only works with MyISAM tables, which are not transactional.
Only 2D geometries.
Don't mix a big-endian server with a little endian client (might 
be fixed in bleading edge).


> (And to make Jochem happy, you *can* run it on Windows under cygwin. Or
> Vmware) :)

Or if you compile it yourself.

Jochem



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