Select your cookie preferences

We use essential cookies and similar tools that are necessary to provide our site and services. We use performance cookies to collect anonymous statistics, so we can understand how customers use our site and make improvements. Essential cookies cannot be deactivated, but you can choose “Customize” or “Decline” to decline performance cookies.

If you agree, AWS and approved third parties will also use cookies to provide useful site features, remember your preferences, and display relevant content, including relevant advertising. To accept or decline all non-essential cookies, choose “Accept” or “Decline.” To make more detailed choices, choose “Customize.”

AddBBox - Amazon Redshift

AddBBox

AddBBox returns a copy of the input geometry that supports encoding with a precomputed bounding box. For more information about support for bounding boxes, see Bounding box.

Syntax

AddBBox(geom)

Arguments

geom

A value of data type GEOMETRY or an expression that evaluates to a GEOMETRY type.

Return type

GEOMETRY

If geom is null, then null is returned.

Examples

The following SQL returns a copy of an input polygon geometry that supports being encoded with a bounding box.

SELECT ST_AsText(AddBBox(ST_GeomFromText('POLYGON((0 0,1 0,0 1,0 0))')));
st_astext ---------- POLYGON((0 0,1 0,0 1,0 0))
PrivacySite termsCookie preferences
© 2025, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved.