Name
ST_NumGeometries — If geometry is a GEOMETRYCOLLECTION (or MULTI*) return the number of geometries, otherwise return NULL.
Synopsis
integer ST_NumGeometries(geometry a_multi_or_geomcollection);
Description
Returns the number of Geometries. If geometry is a GEOMETRYCOLLECTION (or MULTI*) return the number of geometries, otherwise return NULL.
This method implements the SQL/MM specification: SQL-MM 3: 9.1.4
Examples
--Although ST_NumGeometries will return null when passed a single, you can wrap in ST_Multi to force 1 or more for all geoms
SELECT ST_NumGeometries(ST_Multi(ST_GeomFromText('LINESTRING(77.29 29.07,77.42 29.26,77.27 29.31,77.29 29.07)')));
--result
1
--Geometry Collection Example - multis count as one geom in a collection
SELECT ST_NumGeometries(ST_GeomFromEWKT('GEOMETRYCOLLECTION(MULTIPOINT(-2 3 , -2 2),
LINESTRING(5 5 ,10 10),
POLYGON((-7 4.2,-7.1 5,-7.1 4.3,-7 4.2)))'));
--result
3