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ST_AsBinary

Signatures

BINARY ST_AsBinary(GEOMETRY geom);

Description

Converts geom into its Well Known Binary value.

Implements the OpenGIS Simple Features Implementation Specification for SQL version 1.2.1.

Example

SELECT ST_AsBinary(
    ST_GeomFromText('POLYGON((0 0, 0 1, 1 1, 1 0, 0 0))', 4326));
-- Answer: 0020000003000010e600000001000000050000000000000000
--    000000000000000000000000000000003ff00000000000003ff0000
--    0000000003ff00000000000003ff000000000000000000000000000
--    0000000000000000000000000000000000
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