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I have a spatial table called 'places' in MySQL, with a spatial column 'pt' (point). I tried to import it in QGIS and no points appear. I created a view 'places_as_text' which reproduces the table but shows the points as WKT (used astext(pt) in the definition of the view). Still nothing appears in QGIS.
Any help appreciated
I'm using MySQL spatial tables everyday with QGIS in r&w mode using
Add Vector > Database > Type: MySQL
and defining a new connection, just like described in http://getspatial.com/gisblog/qgis-vector-data-connection. I can connect both to local and remote server. I'm not using the original geometry definition and not converting it to WKT. Do you have any connection problem (what is the result of test connection)?
Check also your table structure: field type MUST be GEOMETRY otherwise QGIS will load the table as attribute table and will not show any vector!
