MySQL 5.7 and GIS, an Example
Summary This post will offer a very simple demonstration of how you can use MySQL 5.7 for Spatial features within your applications. In order to demonstrate this, I’ll walk through how we can determine...
View ArticleImporting Raster Based Spatial Data into MySQL 5.7
Setting up the Geospatial Data Abstraction Library GDAL 1.10+ (by OS Geo) supports converting spatial data between various raster and vector (points, lines, polygons, etc.) based formats, along with...
View ArticleRankings with InnoDB Full-Text Search
Summary Since MySQL 5.6 went GA—where among many other new features, we introduced full-text indexes for the InnoDB storage engine—questions have occasionally come up about InnoDB full-text search...
View ArticleJSON Labs Release: Overview
Summary We’re very happy to announce that the MySQL JSON Labs release is now available on MySQL Labs! With this work, MySQL continues to grow as a hybrid SQL/NoSQL DBMS, one that can offer the best of...
View ArticleImproved Server Defaults in 5.7
Morgan and I started an initiative a while back to improve the “out of the box” configuration and behavior defaults for MySQL. Working closely with the Community, we were able to come up with a good...
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