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MySQLERRORNotableGIS / GeometryHIGH confidence
SRS is not a Cartesian coordinate system
Production Risk
Medium — spatial queries fail.
How to reproduce
trigger — this will error
trigger — this will error
SELECT ST_Distance(ST_GeomFromText('POINT(0 0)', 4326), ST_GeomFromText('POINT(1 1)', 4326));expected output
ERROR 3276 (HY000): Function requires a Cartesian spatial reference system, but got geographic SRS 4326.
Fix
Use Cartesian SRS
Use Cartesian SRS
SELECT ST_Distance(ST_GeomFromText('POINT(0 0)', 0), ST_GeomFromText('POINT(1 1)', 0));Why this works
SRID 0 is the default Cartesian SRS.
What not to do
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Sources
Official documentation ↗
MySQL 8.0 — 3276 ER_SRS_NOT_CARTESIAN
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