ST_ClusterIntersecting — Aggregate. Returns an array with the connected components of a set of geometries
geometry[] ST_ClusterIntersecting(geometry set g);
ST_ClusterIntersecting is an aggregate function that returns an array of GeometryCollections, where each GeometryCollection represents an interconnected set of geometries.
Availability: 2.2.0 - requires GEOS
WITH testdata AS
(SELECT unnest(ARRAY['LINESTRING (0 0, 1 1)'::geometry,
'LINESTRING (5 5, 4 4)'::geometry,
'LINESTRING (6 6, 7 7)'::geometry,
'LINESTRING (0 0, -1 -1)'::geometry,
'POLYGON ((0 0, 4 0, 4 4, 0 4, 0 0))'::geometry]) AS geom)
SELECT ST_AsText(unnest(ST_ClusterIntersecting(geom))) FROM testdata;
--result
st_astext
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GEOMETRYCOLLECTION(LINESTRING(0 0,1 1),LINESTRING(5 5,4 4),LINESTRING(0 0,-1 -1),POLYGON((0 0,4 0,4 4,0 4,0 0)))
GEOMETRYCOLLECTION(LINESTRING(6 6,7 7))