STStartPoint (geography Data Type)

**APPLIES TO:** ![yes](media/yes.png)SQL Server (starting with 2008) ![yes](media/yes.png)Azure SQL Database ![no](media/no.png)Azure SQL Data Warehouse ![no](media/no.png)Parallel Data Warehouse

Returns the start point of a geography instance.

Syntax

  
.STStartPoint ( )

Return Types

SQL Server return type: geography

CLR return type: SqlGeography

Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) type: Point

Remarks

STStartPoint() is the equivalent of STPointN(1).

Examples

The following example creates a LineString instance and uses STStartPoint() to retrieve the start point of the instance.

DECLARE @g geography;  
SET @g = geography::STGeomFromText('LINESTRING(-122.360 47.656, -122.343 47.656)', 4326);  
SELECT @g.STStartPoint().ToString();

See Also

OGC Methods on Geography Instances