Alias

IsEmpty

Description

Tests if a Geometry corresponds to the empty set. Returns False if the incoming geometry it is not an empty geometry

According to Spatial Standards this mehod should return 1 for an empty geometry. Though, JASPA returns NULL because converts to null every empty geometry. See XXXXXXXXX for further information.

Coordinate Dimensions

2D	3D	M

Spatial Standards Support

Examples

SELECT ST_IsEmpty(ST_GeomFromText('POINT (0 0)'));
--Result
FALSE

SELECT ST_IsEmpty(ST_GeomFromText('POINT EMPTY'));
--Result
true

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