ST_GEOMETRYFROMTEXT

Description

Convert a linear WKT (Well Known Text) to the corresponding memory geometry

Alias

• ST_GEOMFROMTEXT

Syntax

ST_GEOMETRYFROMTEXT( <wkt>)

Parameters

Parameters	Instructions
<wkt>	The memory form of the graph

Return Value

The corresponding geometric storage form of WKB

Examples

SELECT ST_AsText(ST_GeometryFromText("LINESTRING (1 1, 2 2)"));

+---------------------------------------------------------+
| st_astext(st_geometryfromtext('LINESTRING (1 1, 2 2)')) |
+---------------------------------------------------------+
| LINESTRING (1 1, 2 2)                                   |
+---------------------------------------------------------+