PostGIS

ST_Multi

8.5. Geometry Editors

Name

ST_Multi — Return the geometry as a MULTI* geometry.

Synopsis

+geometry +ST_Multi(+`geometry `+geom`)`;

Description

Returns the geometry as a MULTI* geometry collection. If the geometry is already a collection, it is returned unchanged.

Examples

SELECT ST_AsText(ST_Multi('POLYGON ((10 30, 30 30, 30 10, 10 10, 10 30))'));
                    st_astext
    -------------------------------------------------
    MULTIPOLYGON(((10 30,30 30,30 10,10 10,10 30)))

See Also

ST_LineToCurve

ST_Normalize