Loading GIS data - how?

I’m a newbie to MySQL and am trying to evaluate it for our use. I’ve been studying the 4.1 GIS features and can’t figure out some relatively simple things: - How do I load data (e.g., POINTs) into a GEOMETRY column, either from a file or from other (NUMERIC) database columns? It appears tha

Loading GIS data - how?

I’m a newbie to MySQL and am trying to evaluate it for our use. I’ve been studying the 4.1 GIS features and can’t figure out some relatively simple things: - How do I load data (e.g., POINTs) into a GEOMETRY column, either from a file or from other (NUMERIC) database columns? It appears tha