Name

ST_Y — Return the Y coordinate of the point, or NULL if not available. Input must be a point.

Synopsis

float ST_Y(geometry a_point);

Description

Return the Y coordinate of the point, or NULL if not available. Input must be a point.

This method implements the OpenGIS Simple Features Implementation Specification for SQL.

This method implements the SQL/MM specification: SQL-MM 3 standard: SQL-MM 3: 6.1.4

This function supports 3d and will not drop the z-index.

Examples

SELECT ST_Y(ST_GeomFromEWKT('POINT(1 2 3 4)'));
 st_y
------
	2
(1 row)

SELECT ST_Y(ST_Centroid(ST_GeomFromEWKT('LINESTRING(1 2 3 4, 1 1 1 1)')));
 st_y
------
  1.5
(1 row)


		

See Also

ST_Centroid, ST_GeomFromEWKT, ST_M, ST_X, ST_YMax, ST_YMin, ST_Z