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ST_MPolyFromText

ST_MPolyFromText

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NOTE: Spatial type for Oracle only

Definition

ST_MPolyFromText takes a well-known text (WKT) representation of type ST_MultiPolygon and a spatial reference ID and returns an ST_MultiPolygon.

Syntax

sde.st_mpolyfromtext (wkt clob, srid integer)

Return type

ST_MultiPolygon

Example

The multipolygon_test table is created with the single ST_MultiPolygon mpl1 column.

CREATE TABLE multipolygon_test (mpl1 sde.st_geometry);

The INSERT statement inserts an ST_MultiPolygon into the mpl1 column using the ST_MPolyFromText function.

INSERT INTO multipolygon_test VALUES (
sde.st_mpolyfromtext ('multipolygon (((10.01 20.03, 10.52 40.11, 30.29 41.56, 
31.78 10.74, 10.01 20.03), (21.23 15.74, 21.34 35.21, 28.94 35.35, 
29.02 16.83, 21.23 15.74)), ((40.91 10.92, 40.56 20.19, 50.01 21.12, 
51.34 9.81, 40.91 10.92)))', 0)
); 

See Also

  • An overview of SQL functions used with ST_Geometry types