ST_LineFromText()¶

ST_LineFromText creates a LINESTRING geometry from WKT.

Syntax¶

ST_LineFromText(wkt)

Aliases: ST_LineStringFromText().

Arguments¶

Argument	Description
`wkt`	VARCHAR WKT.

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_LineFromText('LINESTRING(0 0,1 1)')) AS line;

DROP DATABASE geo_io_example;

See Also¶

ST_LineFromWKB(), ST_GeomFromText().