The "What's new in MySQL 5.7" manual page [1] says:
* InnoDB now supports spatial data types. What is the difference to previous releases in this respect? Spatial column types have been supported by InnoDB (and even Cluster) for a long time already, and spatial indexes on spatial columns still don't seem to be possible with 5.7.1 [2] So what is the actual improvement in InnoDBs support of spatial types supposed to be? [1] http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/mysql-nutshell.html [2] http://pastebin.com/VnqZ6guG -- Hartmut Holzgraefe <hart...@skysql.com> Principal Support Engineer (EMEA) SkySQL AB - http://www.skysql.com/ -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql
