Do a:

desc dual

SQL> desc dual
 Name                            Null?    Type
 ------------------------------- -------- ----
 DUMMY                                    VARCHAR2(1)

SQL>

You are trying to do a bitand on a varchar2 column.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sinard Xing [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 8:48 PM
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> Subject:      BITAND need help
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Can someone help me with this please
> What cause the error ?
> 
> 
> 
> SQL> select bitand(4,4) from dual;
> ERROR:
> ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes
> 
> 
> 
> no rows selected
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Sinardy
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