SqlGeography.STAsText Method

Returns the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Well-Known Text (WKT) representation of a SqlGeography instance.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Types
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Types (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Types.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<SqlMethodAttribute(IsDeterministic := True, IsPrecise := False)> _
Public Function STAsText As SqlChars
'Usage
Dim instance As SqlGeography
Dim returnValue As SqlChars

returnValue = instance.STAsText()

[SqlMethodAttribute(IsDeterministic = true, IsPrecise = false)]
public SqlChars STAsText()

[SqlMethodAttribute(IsDeterministic = true, IsPrecise = false)]
public:
SqlChars^ STAsText()

[<SqlMethodAttribute(IsDeterministic = true, IsPrecise = false)>]
member STAsText : unit -> SqlChars

public function STAsText() : SqlChars

Return Value

Type: System.Data.SqlTypes.SqlChars
A SqlChars value that contains the WKT representation of the SqlGeography instance.

Remarks

This text will not contain any Z (elevation) or M (measure) values carried by the instance.

See Also

Reference

SqlGeography Class

Microsoft.SqlServer.Types Namespace