ST_GeomFromWKT method

Parses a string containing the WKT or EWKT representation of a geometry and create a geometry value of the appropriate type.

ST_Geometry::ST_GeomFromWKT(wkt[, srid])

Name	Type	Description
wkt	LONG VARCHAR	A string containing the WKT or EWKT representation of a geometry value.
srid	INT	The SRID of the result. If not specified, the default is 0.

ST_Geometry Returns a geometry value of the appropriate type based on the source string.
The spatial reference system identifier of the result is the given by parameter srid.

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