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MS SQL Server and Azure SQL Database Spatial Quick Facts

About Quick Facts Tables

Format Type Identifier

MSSQL_SPATIAL

MSSQL_AZURE_SPATIAL

Reader/Writer

Both

Licensing Level

Reading: Professional

Writing: Database Edition

Dependencies

SQL Native Client 2008 or 2012.

For Bulk Insert mode; .NET Framework v4; Microsoft System CLR Types for SQL Server 2012 (installed with FME in most cases)

Dataset Type

Database

Feature Type

Table name

Typical File Extensions

Not applicable

Automated Translation Support

Yes

User-Defined Attributes

Yes

Coordinate System Support

Yes

Generic Color Support

No

Spatial Index

Yes

Schema Required

Yes

Transaction Support

Yes

Encoding Support

Yes

Geometry Type

mssql_spatial_type

 

Geometry Support
Geometry Supported?

 

Geometry Supported?
aggregate yes

 

point yes
circles no

 

polygon

yes

circular arc yes

 

raster no
donut polygon yes

 

solid no
elliptical arc no

 

surface no
ellipses no

 

text no
line

yes

 

z values Reader: yes

Writer: yes (except for SQL Server 2008 non-bulk mode)

none yes