ST_AsBinary - Amazon Redshift
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ST_AsBinary

ST_AsBinary returns the hexadecimal well-known binary (WKB) representation of an input geometry. For 3DZ, 3DM, and 4D geometries, ST_AsBinary uses the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standard value for the geometry type.

Syntax

ST_AsBinary(geom)

Arguments

geom

A value of data type GEOMETRY or an expression that evaluates to a GEOMETRY type.

Return type

VARBYTE

If geom is null, then null is returned.

Examples

The following SQL returns the hexadecimal WKB representation of a polygon. 

SELECT ST_AsBinary(ST_GeomFromText('POLYGON((0 0,0 1,1 1,1 0,0 0))',4326));

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01030000000100000005000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000F03F000000000000F03F000000000000F03F000000000000F03F000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000