Name

ST_GeomFromTWKB — Creates a geometry instance from a TWKB ("Tiny Well-Known Binary") geometry representation.

Synopsis

geometry ST_GeomFromTWKB(bytea twkb);

Description

The ST_GeomFromTWKB function, takes a a TWKB ("Tiny Well-Known Binary") geometry representation (WKB) and creates an instance of the appropriate geometry type.

Examples

SELECT ST_AsText(ST_GeomFromTWKB(ST_AsTWKB('LINESTRING(126 34, 127 35)'::geometry)));
LINESTRING(126 34, 127 35)
SELECT ST_AsEWKT(ST_GeomFromTWKB(E'\\x620002f7f40dbce4040105')
);
LINESTRING(-113.98 39.198,-113.981 39.195)

See Also

ST_AsTWKB