|= (Bitwise OR EQUALS) (Transact-SQL)

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|= (Bitwise OR EQUALS) (Transact-SQL)

Performs a bitwise logical OR operation between two specified integer values as translated to binary expressions within Transact-SQL statements, and sets a value to the result of the operation.

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Syntax

expression |= expression

Arguments

expression: Is any valid expression of any one of the data types in the numeric category except the bit data type.

Remarks

For more information, see | (Bitwise OR) (Transact-SQL).

Result Types

Returns the data type of the argument with the higher precedence. For more information, see Data Type Precedence (Transact-SQL).

Reference

Compound Operators (Transact-SQL)
Expressions (Transact-SQL)
Operators (Transact-SQL)

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