Hier is een werkende vraag gebaseerd op dit antwoord van gis.stackexchange :
Lees het van a) tot d):
-- d) Extract the path number and the geom from the geometry dump
SELECT
(dump).path[1] id,
(dump).geom
FROM
(
-- c) Polygonize the unioned rings (returns a GEOMETRYCOLLECTION)
-- Dump them to return individual geometries
SELECT
ST_Dump(ST_Polygonize(geom)) dump
FROM
(
-- b) Union all rings in one big geometry
SELECT
ST_Union(geom) geom
FROM
(
-- a) First get the exterior ring from all geoms
SELECT
ST_ExteriorRing(geom) geom
FROM
rectangles
) a
) b
) c
Resultaat: