Re: How do i extract a certain bit from a bigint column

On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 08:17:39 -0400, Mike Rylander <miker@purplefrog.com> wrote:
> 
> The easiest way is to test for a bit using bitwise and:
> 
> SELECT * FROM table WHERE (status & 2::BIGINT) <> 0 AND (status & 8::BIGINT) = 
> 0;

The following will probably be a bit faster:
SELECT * FROM table WHERE (status & 10::BIGINT) = 8;