PostGIS
Name
ST_PolygonFromText — Makes a Geometry from WKT with the given SRID. If SRID is not given, it defaults to 0.
Synopsis
+geometry +ST_PolygonFromText(+`text `+WKT`)`;
+geometry +ST_PolygonFromText(+`text `+WKT, integer
srid`)`;
Description
Makes a Geometry from WKT with the given SRID. If SRID is not given, it defaults to 0. Returns null if WKT is not a polygon.
OGC SPEC 3.2.6.2 - option SRID is from the conformance suite
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This method
implements the OGC Simple
Features Implementation Specification for SQL 1.1. s3.2.6.2
This method
implements the SQL/MM specification. SQL-MM 3: 8.3.6
Examples
SELECT ST_PolygonFromText('POLYGON((-71.1776585052917 42.3902909739571,-71.1776820268866 42.3903701743239,
-71.1776063012595 42.3903825660754,-71.1775826583081 42.3903033653531,-71.1776585052917 42.3902909739571))');
st_polygonfromtext
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010300000001000000050000006...
SELECT ST_PolygonFromText('POINT(1 2)') IS NULL as point_is_notpoly;
point_is_not_poly
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