SqlGeography.STAsBinary Method

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

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

Syntax

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

returnValue = instance.STAsBinary()

[SqlMethodAttribute(IsDeterministic = true, IsPrecise = true)]
public SqlBytes STAsBinary()

[SqlMethodAttribute(IsDeterministic = true, IsPrecise = true)]
public:
SqlBytes^ STAsBinary()

[<SqlMethodAttribute(IsDeterministic = true, IsPrecise = true)>]
member STAsBinary : unit -> SqlBytes

public function STAsBinary() : SqlBytes

Return Value

Type: System.Data.SqlTypes.SqlBytes
A SqlBytes value containing the WKB representation of the calling SqlGeography.

Remarks

This value will not contain any Z or M values carried by the instance.

See Also

Reference

SqlGeography Class

Microsoft.SqlServer.Types Namespace