docs/api/sql/Geometry-Editors/ST_CollectionExtract.md

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# ST_CollectionExtract

Introduction: Returns a homogeneous multi-geometry from a given geometry collection.

The type numbers are:

1. POINT
2. LINESTRING
3. POLYGON

If the type parameter is omitted a multi-geometry of the highest dimension is returned.

![ST_CollectionExtract](../../../image/ST_CollectionExtract/ST_CollectionExtract.svg "ST_CollectionExtract")

Format:

`ST_CollectionExtract (A: Geometry)`

`ST_CollectionExtract (A: Geometry, type: Integer)`

Return type: `Geometry`

Since: `v1.2.1`

SQL Example

```sql
WITH test_data as (
    ST_GeomFromText(
        'GEOMETRYCOLLECTION(POINT(40 10), POLYGON((0 0, 0 5, 5 5, 5 0, 0 0)))'
    ) as geom
)
SELECT ST_CollectionExtract(geom) as c1, ST_CollectionExtract(geom, 1) as c2
FROM test_data

```

Result:

```
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|c1                                        |c2                               |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|MULTIPOLYGON(((0 0, 0 5, 5 5, 5 0, 0 0))) |MULTIPOINT(40 10)                |              |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
```