AsGml (geometry Data Type)

Returns the Geography Markup Language (GML) representation of a geometry instance.

For more information on Geography Markup Language, see the following Open Geospatial Consortium Specification:OGC Specifications, Geography Markup Language.

Syntax

.AsGml ( )

Return Types

SQL Server return type: xml

CLR return type: SqlXml

Examples

The following example creates a LineString instance and uses AsGML() to return the GML description of the instance.

DECLARE @g geometry;
SET @g = geometry::STGeomFromText('LINESTRING(0 0, 0 1, 1 0)', 0)
SELECT @g.AsGml();

This method returns the description as a LineString instance.

<LineString xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/gml">
<posList>0 0 0 1 1 0</posList></LineString>

See Also

Other Resources

Extended Methods on Geometry Instances