EQUALS

Synonym for ST_EQUALS. Checks if two geometries are spatially equal, meaning they contain exactly the same point set.

Syntax

MBREQUALS(g1,g2)

Description

Returns 1 or 0 to indicate whether g1 is spatially equal to g2.

EQUALS() is based on the original MySQL implementation and uses object bounding rectangles, while ST_EQUALS() uses object shapes.

MBREQUALS is a synonym for Equals.

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