ST_InteriorRingN
ST_InteriorRingN returns a closed linestring corresponding to the interior ring of an input polygon at the index position. The dimension of the returned geometry is the same as that of the input geometry.
Syntax
ST_InteriorRingN(geom, index)
Arguments
- geom
-
A value of data type
GEOMETRY
or an expression that evaluates to aGEOMETRY
type. - index
-
A value of data type
INTEGER
that represents the position of a ring of a one-based index.
Return type
GEOMETRY
of subtype LINESTRING
.
The spatial reference system identifier (SRID) value of the returned geometry is the SRID value of the input geometry.
If geom or index is null, then null is returned.
If index is out of range, then null is returned.
If geom is not a polygon, then null is returned.
If geom is an empty polygon, then null is returned.
Examples
The following SQL returns the second ring of the polygon as a closed linestring.
SELECT ST_AsEWKT(ST_InteriorRingN(ST_GeomFromText('POLYGON((7 9,8 7,11 6,15 8,16 6,17 7,17 10,18 12,17 14,15 15,11 15,10 13,9 12,7 9),(9 9,10 10,11 11,11 10,10 8,9 9),(12 14,15 14,13 11,12 14))'),2));
st_asewkt
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LINESTRING(12 14,15 14,13 11,12 14)