Alphanumberic output from ST_MakeLine - sql

Question

I'm trying to convert lat/lon to linestring. Basically, grouping the columns lat and lon, making a point, and creating a linestring.
Table:
+------------+----------+-----------+------------+---------+--------+
| link_id | seq_num | lat | lon | z_coord | zlevel |
+------------+----------+-----------+------------+---------+--------+
| "16777220" | "0" | "4129098" | "-7192948" | | 0 |
| "16777220" | "999999" | "4129134" | "-7192950" | | 0 |
| "16777222" | "0" | "4128989" | "-7193030" | | 0 |
| "16777222" | "1" | "4128975" | "-7193016" | | 0 |
| "16777222" | "2" | "4128940" | "-7193001" | | 0 |
| "16777222" | "3" | "4128917" | "-7192998" | | 0 |
| "16777222" | "4" | "4128911" | "-7193002" | | 0 |
+------------+----------+-----------+------------+---------+--------+
My code:
select link_id, ST_SetSRID(ST_MakeLine(ST_MakePoint((lon::double precision / 100000), (lat::double precision / 100000))),4326) as geometry
from public.rdf_link_geometry
group by link_id
limit 50
geometry output column example:
"0102000020E6100000020000004F92AE997CFB51C021E527D53EA54440736891ED7CFB51C021020EA14AA54440"
^^ What is this? how did it get formatted in such a way? I expected a linestring, something like
geometry
7.123 50.123,7.321 50.321
7.321 50.321,7.321 50.321
Data format for link_id is bingint, and for geometry it says geometry
SOLUTION:
select link_id, ST_AsText(ST_SetSRID(ST_MakeLine(ST_MakePoint(
(lon::double precision / 100000), (lat::double precision / 100000))),4326)) as geometry
from public.rdf_link_geometry
group by link_id
limit 50

Answer 1

The output is a geometry, which you can display as text using st_asText
select st_asText('0102000020E6100000020000004F92AE997CFB51C021E527D53EA54440736891ED7CFB51C021020EA14AA54440');
st_astext
--------------------------------------------------
LINESTRING(-71.92948 41.29098,-71.9295 41.29134)
That being said, should you have more than 2 points, you could order them to create a meaningful line:
select st_makeline(geom ORDER BY seqID) from tbl;