Because if property = 20, then bitand(prop,4) = 4
etc
hth
connor
--- Sinard Xing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >
Hi all,
>
> If an index with reverse key generated the table
> ind$.property it allways
> store value 4
>
> Why Oracle recommed this condition
> ....
> WHERE BITAND(ind$.property,4) = 4
>
>
> instead
>
> ind$.property = 4
>
>
>
> PS: This is BITAND () code
>
> int bitand ( int num1, int num2 ) {
> return ( int ) ( num1 & num2 );
> }
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Sinardy
>
>
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