st_geogfromewkt function

Applies to: Databricks Runtime 18.0 and above

Important

This feature is in Public Preview.

Note

This feature is not available on Databricks SQL Classic warehouses. To learn more about Databricks SQL warehouses, see SQL warehouse types.

Parses an Extended Well-Known Text (EWKT) description of a geometry and returns the corresponding GEOGRAPHY value. Only SRID 4326 is supported.

Syntax

st_geogfromewkt ( ewktExpr )

Arguments

• ewktExpr: A STRING value, representing a geography in Extended WKT (EWKT) format.

Returns

GEOGRAPHY(ANY) value representing the parsed Extended WKT (EWKT) geometry. The SRID of the returned GEOGRAPHY value is 4326.

The function returns NULL if any of the inputs is NULL.

Error conditions

• If the value of ewktExpr is an invalid Extended WKT (EWKT) description, the function returns EWKT_PARSE_ERROR.

Examples

-- Simple example where the input geography is provided in EWKT format.
> SELECT concat_ws(';', st_srid(g)::STRING, st_astext(g)) FROM (SELECT st_geogfromewkt('SRID=4326;POINT Z (1 2 3)') AS g);
  4326;POINT Z (1 2 3)

Related functions

• st_asbinary function
• st_asewkb function
• st_asewkt function
• st_asgeojson function
• st_astext function
• st_geogfromgeojson function
• st_geogfromtext function
• st_geogfromwkb function
• st_geogfromwkt function
• st_geomfromewkb function
• st_geomfromewkt function
• st_geomfromgeojson function
• st_geomfromtext function
• st_geomfromwkb function
• st_geomfromwkt function
• to_geography function
• to_geometry function
• try_to_geography function
• try_to_geometry function