-- The multipoint_test table is created with the gid smallint column -- that uniquely identifies the row and the mpt1 ST_MultiPoint column. CREATE TABLE multipoint_test (gid smallint, mpt1 ST_MultiPoint); -- The INSERT statement inserts a multipoint into -- the mpt1 column using the ST_MPointFromText function. INSERT INTO multipoint_test VALUES( 1, ST_MPointFromText('multipoint(10.01 20.03,10.52 40.11,30.29 41.56,31.78 10.74)',1000) );