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PostGIS 1.5.8 Manual65 / 310DescriptionConstruct a Polygon given an arbitrary collection of closed linestrings as a MultiLineString Well-Known text representation.NoteThrows an error if WKT is not a MULTILINESTRING. Throws an error if output is a MULTIPOLYGON; useST_BdMPolyFromText in that case, or see ST_BuildArea() for a postgis-specific approach.This method implements the OpenGIS Simple Features Implementation Specification for SQL 1.1. s3.2.6.2Availability: 1.1.0 - requires GEOS >= 2.1.0.ExamplesForthcomingSee AlsoST_BuildArea, ST_BdMPolyFromText7.3.2 ST_BdMPolyFromTextST_BdMPolyFromText — Construct a MultiPolygon given an arbitrary collection of closed linestrings as a MultiLineString textrepresentation Well-Known text representation.Synopsisgeometry ST_BdMPolyFromText(text WKT, integer srid);DescriptionConstruct a Polygon given an arbitrary collection of closed linestrings, polygons, MultiLineStrings as Well-Known text representation.NoteThrows an error if WKT is not a MULTILINESTRING. Forces MULTIPOLYGON output even when result is really onlycomposed by a single POLYGON; use ST_BdPolyFromText if you’re sure a single POLYGON will result from operation,or see ST_BuildArea() for a postgis-specific approach.This method implements the OpenGIS Simple Features Implementation Specification for SQL 1.1. s3.2.6.2Availability: 1.1.0 - requires GEOS >= 2.1.0.ExamplesForthcoming