SqlGeography.ToString Method

Returns the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Well-Known Text (WKT) representation of a SqlGeography instance augmented with any Z (elevation) and M (measure) values carried by the instance.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Types
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Types (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Types.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<SqlMethodAttribute(IsDeterministic := True, IsPrecise := False)> _
Public Overrides Function ToString As String
'Usage
Dim instance As SqlGeography
Dim returnValue As String

returnValue = instance.ToString()
[SqlMethodAttribute(IsDeterministic = true, IsPrecise = false)]
public override string ToString()
[SqlMethodAttribute(IsDeterministic = true, IsPrecise = false)]
public:
virtual String^ ToString() override
[<SqlMethodAttribute(IsDeterministic = true, IsPrecise = false)>]
abstract ToString : unit -> string 
[<SqlMethodAttribute(IsDeterministic = true, IsPrecise = false)>]
override ToString : unit -> string 
public override function ToString() : String

Return Value

Type: System.String
A string containing the WKT representation of the calling SqlGeography instance.

Remarks

This method returns the string "Null" when called on nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) instances.