3232
MariaDBERRORNotableGIS / SpatialMEDIUM confidence

Unknown GIS error

Production Risk

Medium — spatial query fails unexpectedly.

Why it happens
  1. 1An unexpected error occurred within the GIS/spatial processing engine.
  2. 2Underlying geometry library (e.g., GEOS) returned an unrecognized error code.
How to reproduce
trigger — this will error
trigger — this will error
-- Triggered by edge-case geometry operations.

expected output

ERROR 3232 (HY000): Unknown GIS error occurred.

Fix 1

Validate and simplify the geometry

Validate and simplify the geometry
SELECT ST_MakeValid(geom_col) FROM t1;

Why this works

Repairing geometry often resolves edge-case errors.

Fix 2

Report as a bug if reproducible

Report as a bug if reproducible
-- File a bug at bugs.mysql.com with a reproducible test case.

Why this works

Unknown errors may indicate a GIS library bug requiring a patch.

What not to do

Sources
Official documentation ↗

MySQL 8.0 — 3232 ER_GIS_UNKNOWN_ERROR

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