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PostGIS 1.5.8 Manual92 / 310ExamplesSELECT ST_PolygonFromText(’POLYGON((-71.1776585052917 42.3902909739571,-71.1776820268866 ←↪42.3903701743239,-71.1776063012595 42.3903825660754,-71.1775826583081 42.3903033653531,-71.1776585052917 ←↪42.3902909739571))’);st_polygonfromtext------------------010300000001000000050000006...SELECT ST_PolygonFromText(’POINT(1 2)’) IS NULL as point_is_notpoly;point_is_not_poly----------tSee AlsoST_GeomFromText7.3.34 ST_WKBToSQLST_WKBToSQL — Return a specified ST_Geometry value from Well-Known Binary representation (WKB). This is an aliasname for ST_GeomFromWKB that takes no sridSynopsisgeometry ST_WKBToSQL(bytea WKB);DescriptionThis method implements the SQL/MM specification. SQL-MM 3: 5.1.36See AlsoST_GeomFromWKB7.3.35 ST_WKTToSQLST_WKTToSQL — Return a specified ST_Geometry value from Well-Known Text representation (WKT). This is an alias namefor ST_GeomFromTextSynopsisgeometry ST_WKTToSQL(text WKT);DescriptionThis method implements the SQL/MM specification. SQL-MM 3: 5.1.34