Name
ST_Y — Returns the Y coordinate of a Point.
Synopsis
float
ST_Y
(
geometry
a_point
)
;
Description
Return the Y coordinate of the point, or NULL if not available. Input must be a point.
![[Note]](./images/note.png)
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To get the minimum and maximum Y value of geometry coordinates use the functions ST_YMin and ST_YMax . |
This method implements the
OGC Simple Features
Implementation Specification for SQL 1.1.
This method implements the SQL/MM specification.
SQL-MM 3: 6.1.4
This function supports 3d and will not drop the z-index.
Examples
SELECT ST_Y(ST_GeomFromEWKT('POINT(1 2 3 4)'));
st_y
------
2
(1 row)
SELECT ST_Y(ST_Centroid(ST_GeomFromEWKT('LINESTRING(1 2 3 4, 1 1 1 1)')));
st_y
------
1.5
(1 row)
See Also
ST_Centroid , ST_GeomFromEWKT , ST_M , ST_X , ST_YMax , ST_YMin , ST_Z