ST_AsText takes an ST_Geometry object and returns its well-known text representation.
Oracle
sde.st_astext (g1 sde.st_geometry)
PostgreSQL
st_astext (g1 st_geometry)
The ST_AsText function converts the hazardous_sites location point into its text description.
Oracle
CREATE TABLE hazardous_sites (site_id integer,
name varchar(40),
location sde.st_geometry);
INSERT INTO hazardous_sites VALUES (
102,
'W. H. KleenareChemical Repository',
sde.st_pointfromtext ('point (1020.12 324.02)', 0)
);
SELECT site_id, name, sde.st_astext (location) Location
FROM hazardous_sites;
SITE_ID NAME Location
102 W. H. KleenareChemical Repository POINT (1020.12000000 324.02000000)
PostgreSQL
CREATE TABLE hazardous_sites (site_id integer,
name varchar(40),
location st_geometry);
INSERT INTO hazardous_sites VALUES (
102,
'W. H. KleenareChemical Repository',
st_point ('point (1020.12 324.02)', 0)
);
SELECT site_id, name, st_astext (location) AS location
FROM hazardous_sites;
SITE_ID NAME Location
102 W. H. KleenareChemical Repository POINT (1020.12000001 324.01999999)
