Re: MAKE_SET

[Paul DuBois]

At 12:30 PM -0500 12/29/00, Ruben I Safir - Brooklyn Linux Solutions CEO wrote:
>Why does  SELECT MAKE_SET(1 | 4 ,'hello','nice','world');
>return hello, world.
>There is no 4th element
>
>Ruben

Set elements have numeric values that are powers of two, because they're
implemented as bit values.  1 | 4  refers to the elements in the first
and third positions.  You're not asking for the first and fourth.

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Paul DuBois, paul@stripped