ST_GEOMETRYFROMWKT (Lakehouse v1)

Parses a WKT(well-known-text) or EWKT(extended well-known-text) input and returns a value of type GEOMETRY.

SQL Syntax

ST_GEOMETRYFROMWKT(<string>, [<srid>])

Aliases

• ST_GEOMFROMWKT
• ST_GEOMETRYFROMEWKT
• ST_GEOMFROMEWKT
• ST_GEOMFROMTEXT
• ST_GEOMETRYFROMTEXT

Arguments

Arguments	Description
<string>	The argument must be a string expression in WKT or EWKT format.
<srid>	The integer value of the SRID to use.

Return Type

Geometry.

SQL Examples

SELECT
  ST_GEOMETRYFROMWKT(
    'POINT(1820.12 890.56)'
  ) AS pipeline_geometry;

┌───────────────────────┐
│   pipeline_geometry   │
├───────────────────────┤
│ POINT(1820.12 890.56) │
└───────────────────────┘

SELECT
  ST_GEOMETRYFROMWKT(
    'POINT(1820.12 890.56)', 4326
  ) AS pipeline_geometry;

┌─────────────────────────────────┐
│        pipeline_geometry        │
│             Geometry            │
├─────────────────────────────────┤
│ SRID=4326;POINT(1820.12 890.56) │
└─────────────────────────────────┘