CREATE TABLE t1 ( id INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, point_data POINT NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (id), KEY idx_point_data(point_data) ) ENGINE=MyISAM; INSERT t1 (point_data) VALUES (GeomFromText('Point(37.0248492 23.8512726)')), (GeomFromText('Point(38.0248492 23.8512726)')); SELECT id FROM t1 WHERE ST_Contains(point_data, GeomFromText('Point(38.0248492 23.8512726)')); id 2 DROP TABLE t1; create table t1 (p point default "qwer"); ERROR 22003: Cannot get geometry object from data you send to the GEOMETRY field create table t1 (p point default 0); ERROR 22003: Cannot get geometry object from data you send to the GEOMETRY field create table t1 (p point not null default st_geometryfromtext('point 0)')); ERROR 42000: Invalid default value for 'p' create table t1 (p point not null default st_geometryfromtext('point(0 0)')); insert into t1 values(default); select st_astext(p) from t1; st_astext(p) POINT(0 0) drop table t1; create table t1 (p point not null default if(unix_timestamp()>10,POINT(1,1),LineString(Point(0,0),Point(1,1)))); set timestamp=10; insert into t1 values(default); ERROR 22007: Incorrect POINT value: 'GEOMETRYCOLLECTION' for column 'p' at row 1 drop table t1; SET timestamp=default; create table t1 (p point not null default if(unix_timestamp()>10,POINT(1,1),LineString(Point(0,0),Point(1,1)))); set timestamp=10; alter table t1 add column i int; ERROR 22007: Incorrect POINT value: 'GEOMETRYCOLLECTION' for column 'p' at row 1 drop table t1; SET timestamp=default;