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MariaDBERRORNotableGIS / GeometryHIGH confidence
GIS function not supported for geographic SRS
Production Risk
Medium — spatial queries fail when geographic SRS is used with unsupported functions.
How to reproduce
trigger — this will error
trigger — this will error
SELECT ST_Buffer(ST_GeomFromText('POINT(0 0)', 4326), 100);expected output
ERROR 3270 (HY000): st_buffer(POINT, ...) has not been implemented for geographic spatial reference systems.
Fix
Use Cartesian SRS
Use Cartesian SRS
SELECT ST_Buffer(ST_GeomFromText('POINT(0 0)', 0), 100);Why this works
SRID 0 is the default Cartesian SRS and supports all spatial functions.
What not to do
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Sources
Official documentation ↗
MySQL 8.0 — 3270 ER_GIS_FUNC_UNSUPPORTED_FOR_GEOGRAPHIC_SRS
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