STPointFromText (geometry Data Type)
Returns a geometry instance from an Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Well-Known Text (WKT) representation augmented with any Z (elevation) and M (measure) values carried by the instance.
Syntax
STPointFromText ( 'point_tagged_text' ,SRID)
Arguments
point_tagged_text
Is the WKT representation of the geometryPoint instance you wish to return. point_tagged_text is an nvarchar(max) expression.SRID
Is an int expression representing the spatial reference ID (SRID) of the geometryPoint instance you wish to return.
Return Types
SQL Server return type: geometry
CLR return type: SqlGeometry
OGC type: Point
Remarks
This method will throw a FormatException if the input is not well-formatted.
Examples
The following example uses STPointFromText() to create a geometry instance.
DECLARE @g geometry;
SET @g = geometry::STPointFromText('POINT (100 100)', 0);
SELECT @g.ToString();