ST_PolyFromText

Syntax

ST_PolyFromText(wkt[,srid]) ST_PolygonFromText(wkt[,srid]) PolyFromText(wkt[,srid]) PolygonFromText(wkt[,srid])

Description

Constructs a POLYGON value using its WKT representation and SRID.

ST_PolyFromText(), ST_PolygonFromText(), PolyFromText() and ST_PolygonFromText() are all synonyms.

Examples

CREATE TABLE gis_polygon (g POLYGON); INSERT INTO gis_polygon VALUES  (PolygonFromText('POLYGON((10 10,20 10,20 20,10 20,10 10))')),  (PolyFromText('POLYGON((0 0,50 0,50 50,0 50,0 0), (10 10,20 10,20 20,10 20,10 10))'));

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