ST_CollectionExtract — Given a (multi)geometry, returns a (multi)geometry consisting only of elements of the specified type.
geometry ST_CollectionExtract(
geometry collection, integer type)
;
Given a (multi)geometry, returns a (multi)geometry consisting only of elements of the specified type. Sub-geometries that are not the specified type are ignored. If there are no sub-geometries of the right type, an EMPTY geometry will be returned. Only points, lines and polygons are supported. Type numbers are 1 == POINT, 2 == LINESTRING, 3 == POLYGON.
When a multipolygon is returned the multipolygon may have shared edges. This results in an invalid multipolygon. |
Availability: 1.5.0
Prior to 1.5.3 this function returned non-collection inputs untouched, no matter type. In 1.5.3 non-matching single geometries result in a NULL return. In of 2.0.0 every case of missing match results in a typed EMPTY return. |
-- Constants: 1 == POINT, 2 == LINESTRING, 3 == POLYGON SELECT ST_AsText(ST_CollectionExtract(ST_GeomFromText('GEOMETRYCOLLECTION(GEOMETRYCOLLECTION(POINT(0 0)))'),1)); st_astext --------------- MULTIPOINT(0 0) (1 row) SELECT ST_AsText(ST_CollectionExtract(ST_GeomFromText('GEOMETRYCOLLECTION(GEOMETRYCOLLECTION(LINESTRING(0 0, 1 1)),LINESTRING(2 2, 3 3))'),2)); st_astext --------------- MULTILINESTRING((0 0, 1 1), (2 2, 3 3)) (1 row)