st_contains function
Applies to: 
Databricks SQL Databricks Runtime 17.1 and above
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Returns true if the first GEOMETRY value contains the second GEOMETRY value.
Syntax
st_contains ( geoExpr1, geoExpr2 )
Arguments
geoExpr1: The firstGEOMETRYvalue.geoExpr2: The secondGEOMETRYvalue.
Returns
A value of type BOOLEAN, indicating whether the first GEOMETRY value contains the second GEOMETRY value.
The function does not support geometry collections.
For more details and the formal definition, see the Contains predicate in the DE-9IM matrix definition.
Error conditions
- If any of the two input geometries is a geometry collection, the function returns ST_INVALID_ARGUMENT.INVALID_TYPE.
- If the two input geometries have different SRID values, the function returns ST_DIFFERENT_SRID_VALUES.
Examples
SQL
> SELECT st_contains(st_geomfromtext('POLYGON((0 0,10 0,0 10,0 0))'),st_geomfromtext('POINT(1 1)'));
true
> SELECT st_contains(st_geomfromtext('POLYGON((0 0,10 0,0 10,0 0))'),st_geomfromtext('POINT(5 0)'));
false
> SELECT st_contains(st_geomfromtext('POLYGON((0 0,10 0,0 10,0 0))'),st_geomfromtext('POINT(5 6)'));
false