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ST_GEOMETRYFROMTEXT,ST_GEOMFROMTEXT

ST_GeometryFromText,ST_GeomFromText

Description

Syntax

GEOMETRY ST_GeometryFromText (VARCHAR wkt)

Converting a WKT (Well Known Text) into a corresponding memory geometry

example

mysql> SELECT ST_AsText(ST_GeometryFromText("LINESTRING (1 1, 2 2)"));
+---------------------------------------------------------+
| st_astext(st_geometryfromtext('LINESTRING (1 1, 2 2)')) |
+---------------------------------------------------------+
| LINESTRING (1 1, 2 2) |
+---------------------------------------------------------+

keywords

ST_GEOMETRYFROMTEXT,ST_GEOMFROMTEXT,ST,GEOMETRYFROMTEXT,GEOMFROMTEXT