Para extrair o contorno externo de um polígono, e criar uma MULTILINESTRING utilize a primeira consulta, para uma LINESTRING utilize a segunda.
select
st_astext(st_collect(st_exteriorring(geom)))
from
(select (st_dump(geom)).geom as geom from TABELA ) as foo
-- RESULTADO
"MULTILINESTRING((688708.7469 7590490.7067,688714.0364 7590494.0048,688719.2451 7590496.2999,688729.4931 7590499.1588,688745.7816 7590507.4497,688756.8454 7590524.3387,688762.0893 7590546.7328,688765.3628 7590560.7127,688797.7456 7590550.293,688802.0217 759 (...)"
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select st_astext(st_exteriorring((st_dump(geom)).geom)) as geom from TABELA;
-- RESULTADO
"LINESTRING(688708.7469 7590490.7067,688714.0364 7590494.0048,688719.2451 7590496.2999,688729.4931 7590499.1588,688745.7816 7590507.4497,688756.8454 7590524.3387,688762.0893 7590546.7328,688765.3628 7590560.7127,688797.7456 7590550.293,688802.0217 7590548.9 (...)"