MySQL 5.7 Reference Manual Including MySQL NDB Cluster 7.5 and NDB Cluster 7.6
        These functions return properties of
        GeometryCollection values.
      
            ST_GeometryN() and
            GeometryN() are synonyms. For
            more information, see the description of
            ST_GeometryN().
          
            GeometryN() is deprecated;
            expect it to be removed in a future MySQL release. Use
            ST_GeometryN() instead.
          
            ST_NumGeometries() and
            NumGeometries() are synonyms.
            For more information, see the description of
            ST_NumGeometries().
          
            NumGeometries() is
            deprecated; expect it to be removed in a future MySQL
            release. Use
            ST_NumGeometries() instead.
          
            Returns the N-th geometry in the
            GeometryCollection value
            gc. Geometries are numbered
            beginning with 1. If any argument is NULL
            or the geometry argument is an empty geometry, the return
            value is NULL.
          
mysql>SET @gc = 'GeometryCollection(Point(1 1),LineString(2 2, 3 3))';mysql>SELECT ST_AsText(ST_GeometryN(ST_GeomFromText(@gc),1));+-------------------------------------------------+ | ST_AsText(ST_GeometryN(ST_GeomFromText(@gc),1)) | +-------------------------------------------------+ | POINT(1 1) | +-------------------------------------------------+
            ST_GeometryN() and
            GeometryN() are synonyms.
          
            Returns the number of geometries in the
            GeometryCollection value
            gc. If the argument is
            NULL or an empty geometry, the return
            value is NULL.
          
mysql>SET @gc = 'GeometryCollection(Point(1 1),LineString(2 2, 3 3))';mysql>SELECT ST_NumGeometries(ST_GeomFromText(@gc));+----------------------------------------+ | ST_NumGeometries(ST_GeomFromText(@gc)) | +----------------------------------------+ | 2 | +----------------------------------------+
            ST_NumGeometries() and
            NumGeometries() are synonyms.