TO_GEOGRAPHY

Parses an input and returns a value of type GEOGRAPHY.

TRY_TO_GEOGRAPHY returns a NULL value if an error occurs during parsing.

Syntax

TO_GEOGRAPHY(<string>)
TO_GEOGRAPHY(<binary>)
TO_GEOGRAPHY(<variant>)
TRY_TO_GEOGRAPHY(<string>)
TRY_TO_GEOGRAPHY(<binary>)
TRY_TO_GEOGRAPHY(<variant>)

Arguments

Return Type

Geography.

Examples

SELECT
  ST_ASWKT(
    TO_GEOGRAPHY(
      'POINT(1 2)'
    )
  ) AS pipeline_geography;

┌────────────────────┐
│ pipeline_geography │
├────────────────────┤
│ POINT(1 2)         │
└────────────────────┘

SELECT
  ST_ASWKT(
    TO_GEOGRAPHY(
      FROM_HEX('0101000000000000000000F03F0000000000000040')
    )
  ) AS pipeline_geography;

┌────────────────────┐
│ pipeline_geography │
├────────────────────┤
│ POINT(1 2)         │
└────────────────────┘

SELECT
  ST_ASWKT(
    TO_GEOGRAPHY(
      PARSE_JSON('{"type":"Point","coordinates":[1,2]}')
    )
  ) AS pipeline_geography;

┌────────────────────┐
│ pipeline_geography │
├────────────────────┤
│ POINT(1 2)         │
└────────────────────┘