ST_ASBINARY

Converts shapes of the GEOGRAPHY data type to the Well-Known Binary (WKB) format for geographic objects.

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Syntax

ST_ASBINARY(<object>)

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Parameters

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Return Type

ST_ASBINARY returns a value of type BYTEA.

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Example

The following query uses ST_GEOGFROMTEXT to create a GEOGRAPHY object from the WKT representation of a Point at specified longitude and latitude coordinates, and then uses ST_ASBINARY to convert it to WKB representation:

SELECT ST_ASBINARY(ST_GEOGFROMTEXT('POINT(-73.98551041593687 40.75793403395676)')) AS result

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