"Randal L. Schwartz" wrote:
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> >>>>> "Oliver" == Oliver Vecernik <vecernik(at)aon(dot)at> writes:
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> >> Say I wanna check if 8 (1xxx) and 2 (xx1x) is set, how do I do that?!
>
> Oliver> Sorry, I didn't read the whole question first:
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> Oliver> select * from table where ((flags & 8) <> 0) and ((flags & 2) <> 0);
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> In the old days, we spelled that as flags & 10 = 10. :) Wouldn't that
> work just as well?
As far as I know testing for <> 0 could be calculated faster. Does
anybody know if this is true?
Regards,
Oliver