Bit value trả về dạng binary, nhưng có thể hiển thị dạng printable:
1. Cộng 0
mysql> SELECT bittest+0 FROM bit_testing; +-----------+ | bittest+0 | +-----------+ | 170 | | 5 | | 5 | +-----------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
2. Dùng hàm chuyển đổi BIN(), OCT(), HEX()
mysql> SELECT BIN(bittest+0) FROM bit_testing; +----------------+ | BIN(bittest+0) | +----------------+ | 10101010 | | 101 | | 101 | +----------------+
mysql> SELECT OCT(bittest+0) FROM bit_testing; +----------------+ | OCT(bittest+0) | +----------------+ | 252 | | 5 | | 5 | +----------------+
mysql> SELECT HEX(bittest+0) FROM bit_testing; +----------------+ | HEX(bittest+0) | +----------------+ | AA | | 5 | | 5 | +----------------+