STAsText (geometry)#
Returns the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Well-Known Text (WKT) representation of a geometry instance. This text will not contain any Z (elevation) or M (measure) values carried by the instance.
Syntax#
.STAsText ()
Return type#
nvarchar(max)
Example#
Create a LineString geometry instance from (0,0) to (2,3) from text. STAsText() returns the result in STAsText.
DECLARE @g geometry;
SET @g = geometry::STGeomFromText('LINESTRING(0 0, 2 3)', 0);
SELECT @g.STAsText();