STAsBinary (geometry Data Type)
Applies to: SQL Server Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Managed Instance SQL analytics endpoint in Microsoft Fabric Warehouse in Microsoft Fabric
Returns the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Well-Known Binary (WKB) representation of a geometry instance.
Syntax
.STAsBinary ( )
Note
To view Transact-SQL syntax for SQL Server 2014 (12.x) and earlier versions, see Previous versions documentation.
Return Types
SQL Server return type: varbinary(max)
CLR return type: SqlBytes
Examples
The following example creates a LineString
geometry instance from (0,0) to (2,3) from text. STAsBinary()
returns the result in WKB.
DECLARE @g geometry;
SET @g = geometry::STGeomFromText('LINESTRING(0 0, 2 3)', 0);
SELECT @g.STAsBinary();
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