STV_SetExportShapefileDirectory

Specifies the directory to export GEOMETRY or GEOGRAPHY data to a shapefile.

Specifies the directory to export GEOMETRY or GEOGRAPHY data to a shapefile. The validity of the path is not checked, and the path cannot be empty.

Behavior type

Immutable

Syntax

STV_SetExportShapefileDirectory( USING PARAMETERS path='path' )

Parameters

path: Destination path for the exported shapefile. The path can be on any shared file system or object store.

Returns

The path of the shapefile export directory.

Privileges

Only a superuser can use this function.

Examples

The following example shows how you can use STV_SetExportShapefileDirectory to set the shapefile export directory to /home/user/temp:

=> SELECT STV_SetExportShapefileDirectory(USING PARAMETERS path = '/home/user/temp');
              STV_SetExportShapefileDirectory
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 SUCCESS. Set shapefile export directory: [/home/user/temp]
(1 row)