<div id="docs-body">
 <div class="section">
  <div class="titlepage">
   <div>
    <div>
     <h3 class="title">
      <a name="information-schema-st-units-of-measure-table">
      </a>
      28.3.37 The INFORMATION_SCHEMA ST_UNITS_OF_MEASURE Table
     </h3>
    </div>
   </div>
  </div>
  <a class="indexterm" name="idm46045078486048">
  </a>
  <p>
   The
   <a class="link" href="information-schema-st-units-of-measure-table.html" title="28.3.37 The INFORMATION_SCHEMA ST_UNITS_OF_MEASURE Table">
    <code class="literal">
     ST_UNITS_OF_MEASURE
    </code>
   </a>
   table
      provides information about acceptable units for the
   <a class="link" href="spatial-relation-functions-object-shapes.html#function_st-distance">
    <code class="literal">
     ST_Distance()
    </code>
   </a>
   function.
  </p>
  <p>
   The
   <a class="link" href="information-schema-st-units-of-measure-table.html" title="28.3.37 The INFORMATION_SCHEMA ST_UNITS_OF_MEASURE Table">
    <code class="literal">
     ST_UNITS_OF_MEASURE
    </code>
   </a>
   table has
      these columns:
  </p>
  <div class="itemizedlist">
   <ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
    <li class="listitem">
     <p>
      <code class="literal">
       UNIT_NAME
      </code>
     </p>
     <p>
      The name of the unit.
     </p>
    </li>
    <li class="listitem">
     <p>
      <code class="literal">
       UNIT_TYPE
      </code>
     </p>
     <p>
      The unit type (for example,
      <code class="literal">
       LINEAR
      </code>
      ).
     </p>
    </li>
    <li class="listitem">
     <p>
      <code class="literal">
       CONVERSION_FACTOR
      </code>
     </p>
     <p>
      A conversion factor used for internal calculations.
     </p>
    </li>
    <li class="listitem">
     <p>
      <code class="literal">
       DESCRIPTION
      </code>
     </p>
     <p>
      A description of the unit.
     </p>
    </li>
   </ul>
  </div>
 </div>
 <br/>
</div>
