SqlGeography.STPolyFromText Method (SqlChars, Int32)

Applies To: SQL Server 2016 Preview

Returns a SqlGeography 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.

Namespace:   Microsoft.SqlServer.Types
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Types (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Types.dll)

Syntax

[SqlMethodAttribute(IsDeterministic = true, IsPrecise = false)]
public static SqlGeography STPolyFromText(
    SqlChars polygonTaggedText,
    int srid
)

public:
[SqlMethodAttribute(IsDeterministic = true, IsPrecise = false)]
static SqlGeography^ STPolyFromText(
    SqlChars^ polygonTaggedText,
    int srid
)

[<SqlMethodAttribute(IsDeterministic = true, IsPrecise = false)>]
static member STPolyFromText : 
        polygonTaggedText:SqlChars *
        srid:int -> SqlGeography

<SqlMethodAttribute(IsDeterministic := True, IsPrecise := False)>
Public Shared Function STPolyFromText (
    polygonTaggedText As SqlChars,
    srid As Integer
) As SqlGeography

Parameters

• polygonTaggedText
  Type: System.Data.SqlTypes.SqlChars

  The WKT representation of the SqlGeographyPolygon instance you wish to return.

• srid
  Type: System.Int32

  An int expression that represents the Spatial Reference ID (SRID) of the SqlGeographyPolygon instance you wish to return.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Types.SqlGeography

A SqlGeography value constructed from the specified WKT representation.

Remarks

This method throws a FormatException if the input is not correctly formatted.

See Also

SqlGeography Class
Microsoft.SqlServer.Types Namespace

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