create table bug47777(c2 linestring not null) engine=innodb; insert into bug47777 values (ST_geomfromtext('linestring(1 2,3 4,5 6,7 8,9 10)')); select count(*) from bug47777 where c2 =ST_geomfromtext('linestring(1 2,3 4,5 6,7 8,9 10)'); count(*) 1 update bug47777 set c2=ST_GeomFromText('POINT(1 1)'); ERROR 22003: Cannot get geometry object from data you send to the GEOMETRY field select count(*) from bug47777 where c2 =ST_geomfromtext('linestring(1 2,3 4,5 6,7 8,9 10)'); count(*) 1 select count(*) from bug47777 where c2 = ST_GeomFromText('POINT(1 1)'); count(*) 0 drop table bug47777;