SET default_storage_engine=InnoDB; DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1; CREATE TABLE t1 ( fid INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, g GEOMETRY NOT NULL, KEY gis_key(g(5)) ) ENGINE=InnoDB; SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `fid` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, `g` geometry NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`fid`), KEY `gis_key` (`g`(5)) ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 SELECT count(*) FROM t1; count(*) 150 ANALYZE TABLE t1; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text test.t1 analyze status Engine-independent statistics collected test.t1 analyze status OK EXPLAIN SELECT fid, ST_AsText(g) FROM t1 WHERE ST_Within(g, ST_GeomFromText('Polygon((140 140,160 140,160 160,140 140))')); id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE t1 ALL gis_key NULL NULL NULL 150 # SELECT fid, ST_AsText(g) FROM t1 WHERE ST_Within(g, ST_GeomFromText('Polygon((140 140,160 140,160 160,140 160,140 140))')) ORDER BY fid; fid ST_AsText(g) 1 LINESTRING(150 150,150 150) 2 LINESTRING(149 149,151 151) 3 LINESTRING(148 148,152 152) 4 LINESTRING(147 147,153 153) 5 LINESTRING(146 146,154 154) 6 LINESTRING(145 145,155 155) 7 LINESTRING(144 144,156 156) 8 LINESTRING(143 143,157 157) 9 LINESTRING(142 142,158 158) 10 LINESTRING(141 141,159 159) 11 LINESTRING(140 140,160 160) DROP TABLE t1; CREATE TABLE t1 ( fid INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, g GEOMETRY NOT NULL ) ENGINE=InnoDB; ALTER TABLE t1 ADD SPATIAL KEY(g); SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `fid` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, `g` geometry NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`fid`), SPATIAL KEY `g` (`g`) ) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=101 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 SELECT count(*) FROM t1; count(*) 100 SELECT fid, ST_AsText(g) FROM t1 WHERE ST_Within(g, ST_GeomFromText('Polygon((40 40,60 40,60 60,40 40))')) ORDER BY fid; fid ST_AsText(g) 45 LINESTRING(51 51,60 60) 46 LINESTRING(51 41,60 50) 56 LINESTRING(41 41,50 50) DROP TABLE t1; End of 5.5 tests.