Hello all,

Having a column

  item set('a','b','c','d')

it is possible to select

  bit_count(bit_or(item))

to get the total number of used positions; and also to do a

  sum(bit_count(item))

to get the total number of set positions. However, I would also like to
add a

  make_set(bit_or(item),'a','b','c','d')

to get a direct list of all used labels as well. Instead I get an ERROR
1140: Mixing of GROUP columns ... with no GROUP columns... Alternatively,
if I add a "group by NULL" the result is no labels (or all lables for
bit_and). The make_set() function seems to clobber the internal grouping
function bit_or(), or is there some other reason this construct is
illegal?

Tore (using MySQL 4.0.3-beta on Tru64 UNIX)
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Tore Eriksson [tore.eriksson ad po.rd.taisho.co.jp]


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