I am running following:
DECLARE @g geography;
declare @point nvarchar(50) =''
declare @i int =0,
@lat decimal(8,6) =0.0,
@long decimal(8,6) =0.0,
@start datetime = getdate()
set @lat =(select (0.9 -Rand()*1.8)*100)
set @long =(select (0.9 -Rand()*1.8)*100)
set @point = (select 'POINT('+CONVERT(varchar(10), @lat)+ ' '
+CONVERT(varchar(10), @long)+')')
SET @g = geography::STGeomFromText(@point, 4326);
SELECT TOP 1000
@lat,
@long,
@g.STDistance(st.[coord]) AS [DistanceFromPoint (in meters)]
, st.[coord]
, st.id
FROM Temp st with(index([SpatialIndex_1]))
this query performed poorly because it does not use spacial index, so I added with(index([SpatialIndex_1]))
to force it.
geography index looks following:
CREATE SPATIAL INDEX [SpatialIndex_1] ON [dbo].Temp
(
[coord]
)USING GEOGRAPHY_GRID
WITH (GRIDS =(LEVEL_1 = LOW,LEVEL_2 = MEDIUM,LEVEL_3 = LOW,LEVEL_4 = LOW),
CELLS_PER_OBJECT = 16, PAD_INDEX = OFF,
STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, SORT_IN_TEMPDB = OFF, DROP_EXISTING = OFF,
ONLINE = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = OFF, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON, FILLFACTOR = 95)
ON [PRIMARY]
Now it gives me error message
Msg 8622, Level 16, State 1, Line 15 Query processor could not produce a query plan because of the hints defined in this query. Resubmit the query without specifying any hints and without using SET FORCEPLAN.
I can read and understand that it tells me to remove hint, question is why does it succeed at compilation but fails on run-time? Is there something wrong with my index?
What do I need to change for SQL to start using Spatial index?
to generate some data you could use following script.
CREATE TABLE dbo.Temp
(
Id int NOT NULL IDENTITY (1, 1),
Coord geography NOT NULL
) ON [PRIMARY]
TEXTIMAGE_ON [PRIMARY]
GO
ALTER TABLE dbo.Temp ADD CONSTRAINT
PK_Temp PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
(
Id
)
WITH( STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF,
ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON)
ON [PRIMARY]
GO
declare @i int =0
declare @lat decimal(8,6) =0.0
declare @long decimal(8,6) =0.0
while (@i < 47000)
begin
set @lat =(select (0.9 -Rand()*1.8)*100)
set @long =(select (0.9 -Rand()*1.8)*100)
insert into Temp
select geography::Point(@lat, @long,4326)
set @i =@i+1
end
go
CREATE SPATIAL INDEX [SpatialIndex_1] ON [dbo].Temp
(
[coord]
)USING GEOGRAPHY_GRID
WITH (GRIDS =(LEVEL_1 = LOW,LEVEL_2 = MEDIUM,LEVEL_3 = LOW,LEVEL_4 = LOW),
CELLS_PER_OBJECT = 16, PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF,
SORT_IN_TEMPDB = OFF, DROP_EXISTING = OFF, ONLINE = OFF,
ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = OFF, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON, FILLFACTOR = 95)
ON [PRIMARY]
GO
From here:
The following requirements must be met for a Nearest Neighbor query to use a spatial index:
So, this should work:
DECLARE @g geography;
declare @point nvarchar(50) =''
declare @i int =0,
@lat decimal(8,6) =0.0,
@long decimal(8,6) =0.0,
@start datetime = getdate()
set @lat =(select (0.9 -Rand()*1.8)*100)
set @long =(select (0.9 -Rand()*1.8)*100)
set @point = (select 'POINT('+CONVERT(varchar(10), @lat)+ ' '
+CONVERT(varchar(10), @long)+')')
SET @g = geography::STGeomFromText(@point, 4326);
SELECT TOP 1000
@lat,
@long,
@g.STDistance(st.[coord]) AS [DistanceFromPoint (in meters)]
, st.[coord]
, st.id
FROM Temp st with(index([SpatialIndex_1]))
WHERE @g.STDistance(st.[coord]) IS NOT NULL
ORDER BY @g.STDistance(st.[coord]) asc
You can check that it is using the spacial index even the WITH INDEX
hint is removed.