ST_INTERSECTS

Introduced or updated: v1.2.564

Returns TRUE if two GEOMETRY objects share any portion of space.

Syntax

ST_INTERSECTS(<geometry1>, <geometry2>)

Arguments

Arguments	Description
<geometry1>	The argument must be an expression of type GEOMETRY.
<geometry2>	The argument must be an expression of type GEOMETRY.

note

• The function reports an error if the two input GEOMETRY objects have different SRIDs.

Return Type

Boolean.

Examples

SELECT ST_INTERSECTS(
  TO_GEOMETRY('LINESTRING(0 0, 2 2)'),
  TO_GEOMETRY('LINESTRING(0 2, 2 0)')
) AS intersects;

╭────────────╮
│ intersects │
├────────────┤
│ true       │
╰────────────╯

SELECT ST_INTERSECTS(
  TO_GEOMETRY('POLYGON((0 0, 2 0, 2 2, 0 2, 0 0))'),
  TO_GEOMETRY('POINT(3 3)')
) AS intersects;

╭────────────╮
│ intersects │
├────────────┤
│ false      │
╰────────────╯