ST_ASTEXT

Converts shapes of the GEOGRAPHY data type to the Well-Known Text (WKT) format.

Syntax

ST_ASTEXT(<object>)

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Supported input types
`<object>`	The `GEOGRAPHY` object to convert to WKT format.	`GEOGRAPHY`

Return Type

ST_ASTEXT returns a value of type TEXT.

Example

The following code example creates a GEOGRAPHY object from the WKT representation of a Point at specified longitude and latitude coordinates and converts it to WKT format:

SELECT ST_ASTEXT(ST_GEOGFROMTEXT('POINT(-73.98551041593687 40.75793403395676)')) AS result;

result text
POINT(-73.98551041593687 40.75793403395676)

Rows: 1Execution time: 6.66ms

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