ST_GeomFromTWKB

Name

ST_GeomFromTWKB — Creates a geometry instance from a TWKB (" Tiny Well-Known Binary ") geometry representation.

Synopsis

geometry ST_GeomFromTWKB ( bytea twkb ) ;

Description

The ST_GeomFromTWKB function, takes a a TWKB (" Tiny Well-Known Binary ") geometry representation (WKB) and creates an instance of the appropriate geometry type.

Examples

SELECT ST_AsText(ST_GeomFromTWKB(ST_AsTWKB('LINESTRING(126 34, 127 35)'::geometry)));

         st_astext
-----------------------------
 LINESTRING(126 34, 127 35)
(1 row)


SELECT ST_AsEWKT(
  ST_GeomFromTWKB(E'\\x620002f7f40dbce4040105')
);
					  st_asewkt
------------------------------------------------------
LINESTRING(-113.98 39.198,-113.981 39.195)
(1 row)

See Also

ST_AsTWKB