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st_geogfromwkb function

Applies to: check marked yes Databricks SQL check marked yes Databricks Runtime 17.1 and above

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Note

This feature is not available on Databricks SQL Classic warehouses. To learn more about Databricks SQL warehouses, see SQL warehouse types.

Parses the WKB, description of a geography and returns the corresponding GEOGRAPHY value. The SRID value of the returned GEOGRAPHY value is 4326.

Syntax

st_geogfromwkb ( wkbExpr )

Arguments

  • wkbExpr: A BINARY value, representing a geography in WKB format.

Returns

A value of type GEOGRAPHY(4326), corresponding to the input WKB description.

The function returns NULL if the input is NULL.

Error conditions

Examples

-- The input WKB is in little-endian format.
> SELECT st_astext(st_geogfromtext(X'01D1070000000000000000244000000000000041400000000000003740'));
  POINT M (10 34 23)

-- The input WKB is in big-endian format.
> SELECT st_astext(st_geogfromtext(X'00000007D1402400000000000040410000000000004037000000000000'));
  POINT M (10 34 23)