Geospatial: MBB, MBR, ST_GEOMETRY - Analytics Database - Teradata Vantage

SQL External Routine Programming

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VantageCloud
VantageCore
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IntelliFlex
VMware
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Analytics Database
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
17.20
Published
June 2022
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2025-03-30
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C Data Type Definition

typedef int GEO_HANDLE;

Usage

Use the GEO_HANDLE data type when passing an MBB, MBR, or ST_GEOMETRY type as an argument or returning an MBB, MBR, or ST_GEOMETRY type result.

Here is an example using an ST_GEOMETRY parameter in a UDF definition and GEO_HANDLE in a C function declaration.

SQL Function Definition Equivalent C Function Declaration
CREATE FUNCTION F1 (
  A ST_GEOMETRY(1000))
RETURNS ST_GEOMETRY(1000)
 ...;
void f1( GEO_HANDLE *a,
         GEO_HANDLE *result,
         ... )
{ ... }