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  • st_astext(geom = GEOMETRY): Returns the Well-Known Text (WKT) representation of the geometry.

  • st_astext(point = POINT_2D), st_astext(linestring = LINESTRING_2D), st_astext(polygon = POLYGON_2D), st_astext(box = BOX_2D): Returns the geometry as a WKT string.

Usage

st_astext(geom)

Arguments

geom

GEOMETRY

Value

VARCHAR

Overloads

  • st_astext(geom = GEOMETRY)

  • st_astext(point = POINT_2D)

  • st_astext(linestring = LINESTRING_2D)

  • st_astext(polygon = POLYGON_2D)

  • st_astext(box = BOX_2D)

Provided by

  • st_astext(geom = GEOMETRY): built in

  • st_astext(point = POINT_2D): spatial

  • st_astext(linestring = LINESTRING_2D): spatial

  • st_astext(polygon = POLYGON_2D): spatial

  • st_astext(box = BOX_2D): spatial

SQL examples

ST_AsText(ST_GeomFromWKB(X'01010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'))
SELECT ST_MakeEnvelope(0, 0, 1, 1);
-- POLYGON ((0 0, 0 1, 1 1, 1 0, 0 0))

See also