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Return the dimension for a geometry object. The dimension of a GEOMETRY object is:

Geospatial Object TypeDimension
Point / MultiPoint0
LineString / MultiLineString1
Polygon / MultiPolygon2
ST_DIMENSION(<geometry>)
ArgumentsDescription
<geometry>The argument must be an expression of type GEOMETRY.

UInt8.

SELECT
ST_DIMENSION(
ST_GEOMETRYFROMWKT(
'POINT(-122.306100 37.554162)'
)
) AS pipeline_dimension;
┌────────────────────┐
│ pipeline_dimension │
├────────────────────┤
0
└────────────────────┘
SELECT
ST_DIMENSION(
ST_GEOMETRYFROMWKT(
'LINESTRING(-124.20 42.00, -120.01 41.99)'
)
) AS pipeline_dimension;
┌────────────────────┐
│ pipeline_dimension │
├────────────────────┤
1
└────────────────────┘
SELECT
ST_DIMENSION(
ST_GEOMETRYFROMWKT(
'POLYGON((-124.20 42.00, -120.01 41.99, -121.1 42.01, -124.20 42.00))'
)
) AS pipeline_dimension;
┌────────────────────┐
│ pipeline_dimension │
├────────────────────┤
2
└────────────────────┘