St_InteriorRing returns the nth interior ring of a polygon as an ST_LineString.
The order of the rings cannot be predefined since the rings are organized according to the rules defined by the internal geometry verification routines and not by geometric orientation. If the index exceeds the number of interior rings possessed by a polygon, a null value is returned.
Oracle
sde.st_interiorringn (pl1 sde.st_polygon, INDEX integer)
PostgreSQL
st_interiorringn (pl1 st_polygon, index integer)
Create a table, sample_polys, and add a record.
Oracle
CREATE TABLE sample_polys (id integer, geometry sde.st_geometry);
INSERT INTO sample_polys VALUES (
1,
sde.st_polygon ('polygon ((40 120, 90 120, 90 150, 40 150, 40 120), (50 130, 60 130, 60 140, 50 140, 50 130),
(70 130, 80 130, 80 140, 70 140, 70 130))', 0)
);
PostgreSQL
CREATE TABLE sample_polys (id integer, geometry st_geometry);
INSERT INTO sample_polys VALUES (
1,
st_polygon ('polygon ((40 120, 90 120, 90 150, 40 150, 40 120), (50 130, 60 130, 60 140, 50 140, 50 130),
(70 130, 80 130, 80 140, 70 140, 70 130))', 0)
);
Select the ID and the geometry of the interior ring.
Oracle
SELECT id, sde.st_astext (sde.st_interiorringn (geometry, 2)) Interior_Ring
FROM sample_polys;
ID INTERIOR_RING
1 LINESTRING (70.00000000 130.00000000, 70.00000000 140.00000000, 80.00000000 140.00000000, 80.00000000 130.00000000, 70.00000000 130.00000000)
PostgreSQL
SELECT id, st_astext (st_interiorringn (geometry, 2)) AS Interior_Ring
FROM sample_polys;
id interior_ring
1 LINESTRING (70 130, 70 140, 80 140, 80 130, 70 130)