stpolyfromwkb-geography-data-type.md

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STPolyFromWKB (geography Data Type)	STPolyFromWKB (geography Data Type)	MladjoA	mlandzic	07/30/2017	sql	t-sql	reference	STPolyFromWKB_TSQL STPolyFromWKB (geography Data Type)	STPolyFromWKB method	TSQL

STPolyFromWKB (geography Data Type)

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Returns a geographyPolygon instance from an Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Well-Known Binary (WKB) representation.

Syntax

  
STPolyFromWKB ( 'WKB_polygon' , SRID )  

Arguments

WKB_polygon
Is the WKB representation of the geographyPolygon instance you wish to return. WKB_polygon is a varbinary(max) expression.

SRID
Is an int expression representing the spatial reference ID (SRID) of the geographyPolygon instance you wish to return.

Return Types

[!INCLUDEssNoVersion] return type: geography

CLR return type: SqlGeography

OGC type: Polygon

Remarks

This method throws a FormatException if the input is not well-formatted.

Examples

The following example uses STPolyFromWKB() to create a geography instance.

DECLARE @g geography;   
SET @g = geography::STPolyFromWKB(0x01030000000100000005000000F4FDD478E9965EC0DD24068195D3474083C0CAA145965EC0508D976E12D3474083C0CAA145965EC04E62105839D44740F4FDD478E9965EC04E62105839D44740F4FDD478E9965EC0DD24068195D34740, 4326);  
SELECT @g.ToString();  

See Also

OGC Static Geography Methods