Mysql: How to query a column whose type is bit?

Question

Hi I am using hibernate and Mysql. I have a class with a boolean attribute called \'active\'.

The generated database table has the BIT data type. So far so good. I w

Answer 1

According to this page, BIT is a synonym for TINYINT(1) for versions before 5.0.3.

Have you tried these?

SELECT * from table where active = (1)
SELECT * from table where active = 'true'
SELECT * from table where active = b'1'

This blog entry suggests to avoid the BIT data type altogether.