select st_astext(line) from geotest; INSERT INTO geotest (line) VALUES(GeomFromText('LINESTRING(0 0,1 1,2 2,3 3)')); SET @g2 = 'POLYGON((0 0,3 0,3 3,0 3,0 0),(1 1,2 0,2 2,0 2,1 1))'; INSERT INTO geotest (polygon) VALUES( GeomFromText(@g2));