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Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 12:33:20 -0500
From: Yasir Malik <ymalik@cs.stevens-tech.edu>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Bit strings
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Hello,
For a data warehousing project I will have to implement bitmaps.  I would
perfer to stay away from C, Java, etc., and would like to use PostgreSQL
instead.  I have a question about bit string type:  does the time it takes
to do the & or | of two bit strings run in constant time (as it does in
C)?
Thanks,
Yasir