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.

SQL Server return type: varbinary(max)

CLR return type: SqlBytes

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();