What are the lengths of Location Coordinates, latitude and longitude? [closed]

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What are the best practices for using a GUID as a primary key, specifically regarding performance? [closed]

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What is the ideal data type to use when storing latitude / longitude in a MySQL database?

Bearing in mind that I’ll be performing calculations on lat / long pairs, what datatype is best suited for use with a MySQL database? 21 Answers 21 Basically it depends on the precision you need for your locations. Using DOUBLE you’ll have a 3.5nm precision. DECIMAL(8,6)/(9,6) goes down to 16cm. FLOAT is 1.7m… This very … Read more

Database development mistakes made by application developers [closed]

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MongoDB vs. Cassandra [closed]

Closed. This question does not meet Stack Overflow guidelines. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Stack Overflow. Closed 5 years ago. Improve this question I am evaluating what might be the best migration option. Currently, I am on a sharded MySQL (horizontal partition), … Read more

MongoDB vs. Cassandra [closed]

Closed. This question does not meet Stack Overflow guidelines. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Stack Overflow. Closed 5 years ago. Improve this question I am evaluating what might be the best migration option. Currently, I am on a sharded MySQL (horizontal partition), … Read more