STGeometryType (geometry Data Type)

**APPLIES TO:** SQL Server (starting with 2008) Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Data Warehouse Parallel Data Warehouse

Returns the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) type name represented by a geometry instance.

Syntax

  
.STGeometryType ( )  

Return Types

SQL Server return type: nvarchar(4000)

CLR return type: SqlString

Remarks

The OGC type names that can be returned by STGeometryType() are Point, LineString, CircularString, CompoundCurve, Polygon, CurvePolygon, GeometryCollection, MultiPoint, MultiLineString, and MultiPolygon.

Examples

The following example creates a Polygon instance and uses STGeometryType() to confirm that it is a polygon.

DECLARE @g geometry;  
SET @g = geometry::STGeomFromText('POLYGON((0 0, 3 0, 3 3, 0 3, 0 0))', 0);  
SELECT @g.STGeometryType();  

See Also

OGC Methods on Geometry Instances