Compiling windows mapserver with mygis/mysql support

Frank Warmerdam warmerdam at POBOX.COM
Wed Feb 15 19:19:35 PST 2006


Miller Joseph wrote:
> It looks like GDAL won't support MySQl until 1.3.2 (ogrinfo detected my
> geometry column as a string despite the fact that I populated the
> geometry_columns table).  What was the last version of MapServer that
> supported MySQL geometry types before support ended? 

Joe,

To the best of my knowledge the mysql/mygis support in mapserver
has not yet been removed though it is possible it has rotted a bit
with disuse.

Also, the bold can go ahead and use a nightly snapshot of GDAL/OGR to
get the new mysql spatial support right now.

Best regards,
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