ST_Polygon,ST_PolyFromText,ST_PolygonFromText
Description
Syntax
‘GEOMETRY ST’u Polygon (VARCHAR wkt)’
Converting a WKT (Well Known Text) into a corresponding polygon memory form
example
mysql> SELECT ST_AsText(ST_Polygon("POLYGON ((0 0, 10 0, 10 10, 0 10, 0 0))"));
+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| st_astext(st_polygon('POLYGON ((0 0, 10 0, 10 10, 0 10, 0 0))')) |
+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| POLYGON ((0 0, 10 0, 10 10, 0 10, 0 0)) |
+------------------------------------------------------------------+