CREATE DATABASE geotest; use geotest; CREATE TABLE tmp (id int unsigned NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY); INSERT INTO tmp VALUES (0), (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9); INSERT INTO tmp SELECT 10+id FROM tmp; INSERT INTO tmp SELECT 20+id FROM tmp; INSERT INTO tmp SELECT 40+id FROM tmp; INSERT INTO tmp SELECT 80+id FROM tmp; CREATE TABLE t1 (id int unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment PRIMARY KEY, location point, INDEX (location)) ENGINE=InnoDB; INSERT INTO t1 (location) SELECT POINT(tmp1.id, tmp2.id) FROM tmp tmp1, tmp tmp2 ORDER BY tmp1.id, tmp2.id; EXPLAIN SELECT id, ST_AsText(location) FROM t1 WHERE location = POINT(1, 2); id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE t1 ref location location 28 const 1 Using where SELECT id, ST_AsText(location) FROM t1 WHERE location = POINT(1, 2); id ST_AsText(location) 163 POINT(1 2) DROP TABLE t1; DROP TABLE tmp; DROP DATABASE geotest;