ST_PointFromText()¶

ST_PointFromText creates a POINT geometry from WKT.

Syntax¶

ST_PointFromText(wkt)

Aliases: None.

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_PointFromText('POINT(1 2)')) AS point;

DROP DATABASE geo_io_example;

See Also¶

ST_PointFromWKB(), ST_GeomFromText().