mysql?

[Howard Butler]

Cameron,

If you are adventurous, you can try some windows binaries that I 
prepared yesterday with a CVS GDAL and CVS MapServer.  These should 
have support for MySQL spatial in OGR.
<http://hobu.stat.iastate.edu/mapserver/build_output/mapserver-HEAD-test.zip>

Dropping them into an existing MS4W might be kind of tricky.  I've 
never tried it.  This is an extremely spartan binary set, with just 
the dlls and executables.

Howard

At 10:23 AM 3/15/2006, Cameron Blandy wrote:
>On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 22:37:52 -0500, Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at POBOX.COM>
>wrote:
>
> >On 12/21/05, Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it> wrote:
> >> Hi all.
> >> I have seen on the home page that MapServer supports MySQL tables via
>OGR,
> >> which however does not have support for spatial data. Could someone
>point out
> >> a resource to understand this better, or give us a brief overview of
>MySQL
> >> support in UMN MS?
> >
> >Paolo,
> >
> >I would add that over the next few weeks Howard Butler and I
> >will be extending OGR with quite complete support for the MySQL
> >spatial capabilities.  This work is being supported by the Canadian
> >Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
> >
> >So, for those wanting to use the spatial capabilities of MySQL
> >in MapServer or other OGR enabled applications, hopefully something
> >will be available pretty soon.  Contact Howard or I if you want to do
> >early testing.
> >
> >I would stress that MySQL's spatial support still falls short of
> >what PostGIS does for you in a number of ways, but for those
> >just wanting to hold and query spatial data efficiently it well might
> >be a good solution.
> >
> >Best regards,
> >--
> >---------------------------------------+----------------------------------
>----
> >I set the clouds in motion - turn up   | Frank Warmerdam,
>warmerdam at pobox.com
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> >and watch the world go round - Rush    | Geospatial Programmer for Rent
>
>Hello Frank,
>
>Just wondering what the status of MySQL spatial support within OGR is.
>
>I just downloaded the latest version of ms4w thinking that support for
>MySQL was included but it is not yet. I am new to MapServer and I am doing
>some experimenting with it. Do you have any an idea of when I will be able
>to view MySQL spatial tables in MapServer.
>
>Regards,
>Cameron Blandy
>Senior GIS Specialist
>KGS Group
>Winnipeg