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Why doesn't this query use key(MySQL 5.7 spatial)?


I'm using MySQL 5.7.10, the storage engine is InnoDB. Below are the SQLs.
1. create table

CREATE TABLE `geo` (
`id` INT(10) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`geo` GEOMETRY NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
SPATIAL INDEX `geo` (`geo`)
)
COLLATE='utf8mb4_general_ci'
ENGINE=InnoDB
AUTO_INCREMENT=1

2. insert data

insert into geo(geo) values(ST_GeomFromText('POINT(108.875000 34.216020)'));
insert into geo(geo) values(ST_GeomFromText('POINT(109.569098 36.646357)'));
insert into geo(geo) values(ST_GeomFromText('POINT(109.550988 36.633384)'));
insert into geo(geo) values(ST_GeomFromText('POINT(109.472800 36.624116)'));
insert into geo(geo) values(ST_GeomFromText('POINT(109.487460 36.563614)'));
insert into geo(geo) values(ST_GeomFromText('POINT(109.532016 36.686191)'));
insert into geo(geo) values(ST_GeomFromText('POINT(109.319010 36.987505)'));

3. create a polygon

SET @g3 = ST_GeomFromText('Polygon((108 36.5,108 36.7,109.5 36.7,109.5 36.5,108 36.5))');

4. explain SQL

mysql> explain select st_x(geo),st_y(geo) from geo where mbrcontains(@g3,geo)>0\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
id: 1
select_type: SIMPLE
table: geo
partitions: NULL
type: ALL
possible_keys: NULL
key: NULL
key_len: NULL
ref: NULL
rows: 8
filtered: 100.00
Extra: Using where
1 row in set, 1 warning (0.00 sec)

mysql> show warnings\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
Level: Note
Code: 1003
Message: /* select#1 */ select st_x(`map`.`geo`.`geo`) AS `st_x(geo)`,st_y(`map`.`geo`.`geo`) AS `st_y(geo)` from `map`.`geo` where (mbrcontains((@`g3`),`map`.`geo`.`geo`) > 0)
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

Why doesn't this query use key?


Solution

  • Based on this Percona post

    "Spatial indexes (RTREE) are only supported for MyISAM tables. One can use the functions for InnoDB tables, but it will not use spatial keys"