ST_AsWKB()¶

ST_AsWKB returns the WKB binary representation of a geometry.

Syntax¶

ST_AsWKB(geom)

Aliases: ST_AsBinary().

Arguments¶

Argument	Description
`geom`	GEOMETRY or GEOMETRY32.

Return Value¶

Returns a BLOB value.

Usage Notes¶

Examples¶

DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS geo_io_example;
CREATE DATABASE geo_io_example;
USE geo_io_example;

SELECT ST_AsText(ST_GeomFromWKB(ST_AsWKB(ST_GeomFromText('POINT(1 2)')))) AS wkt;

DROP DATABASE geo_io_example;

See Also¶

ST_GeomFromWKB(), ST_AsText().