Description

Returns the Well-Known Text representation of the geometry prefixed with the SRID.

	The WKT spec does not include the SRID. To get the OGC WKT format use ST_AsText.

	WKT format does not maintain precision so to prevent floating truncation, use ST_AsBinary or ST_AsEWKB format for transport.

	ST_AsEWKT is the reverse of ST_GeomFromEWKT. Use ST_GeomFromEWKT to convert to a postgis geometry from ST_AsEWKT representation.

Enhanced: 2.0.0 support for Geography, Polyhedral surfaces, Triangles and TIN was introduced.

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

This method supports Circular Strings and Curves

This function supports Polyhedral surfaces.

This function supports Triangles and Triangulated Irregular Network Surfaces (TIN).

Examples

SELECT ST_AsEWKT('0103000020E61000000100000005000000000000
			000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
			F03F000000000000F03F000000000000F03F000000000000F03
			F000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'::geometry);

		   st_asewkt
--------------------------------
SRID=4326;POLYGON((0 0,0 1,1 1,1 0,0 0))
(1 row)

SELECT ST_AsEWKT('0108000080030000000000000060E30A4100000000785C0241000000000000F03F0000000018
E20A4100000000485F024100000000000000400000000018
E20A4100000000305C02410000000000000840')

--st_asewkt---
CIRCULARSTRING(220268 150415 1,220227 150505 2,220227 150406 3)

See Also

ST_AsBinary, ST_AsEWKB, ST_AsText, ST_GeomFromEWKT