Create point-data-type.sql

Author: Deepak-Vohra

sql-queries-12/ideal-data-type-latitude-longitude-mysql/point-data-type.sql

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+-- Create example table
+CREATE TABLE locations (
+    id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
+    name VARCHAR(255),
+    coordinates POINT NOT NULL SRID 4326,
+    SPATIAL INDEX(coordinates)
+);
+-- Add example data
+INSERT INTO locations (name, coordinates)
+VALUES ('Eiffel Tower', ST_PointFromText('POINT(2.2945 48.8584)', 4326));
+-- Query example data
+SELECT name, 
+ST_Distance_Sphere(coordinates, 
+    ST_PointFromText('POINT(49.2827 -123.1207)', 4326)) 
+    AS distance_meters
+FROM locations;