ST_GeomFromWKB()¶

ST_GeomFromWKB creates a geometry from Well-Known Binary (WKB).

Syntax¶

ST_GeomFromWKB(wkb)

Aliases: ST_GeomFromBinary(), ST_GeometryFromWKB().

Arguments¶

Argument	Description
`wkb`	VARCHAR, BLOB, or VARBINARY WKB.

Return Value¶

Returns a GEOMETRY 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('LINESTRING(0 0,1 1)')))) AS wkt;

DROP DATABASE geo_io_example;

See Also¶

ST_AsWKB(), ST_GeomFromText().