Geospatial functions
ST_X
Reference material for ST_X function
Extracts the longitude coordinate of a GEOGRAPHY
Point. Returns NULL
for empty geography objects. Returns an error if the input is not a single Point (and not an empty GEOGRAPHY
object).
Syntax
Parameters
Parameter | Description | Supported input types |
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<object> | The GEOGRAPHY Point to extract the longitude of. | GEOGRAPHY |
Return Type
ST_X
returns a value of type DOUBLE PRECISION
.
Example
The following code example constructs a Point in the GEOGRAPHY
data type from longitude and latitude coordinates and extracts its longitude coordinate:
Returns
result (DOUBLE PRECISION) |
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