Question

Hexadecimal values assigned to user variables are treated as _____________

(a) strings

(b) non binary strings

(c) binary strings

(d) integers

This question was posed to me in class test.

I would like to ask this question from User-Defined Variables topic in section System, Status and User Variables of MySQL

Answer 1

Correct choice is (c) binary strings

Best explanation: The hexadcimal or bit values assigned to user variables are treated as binary strings. In order to assign a hexadecimal or bit value as a number to a user variable, it is used in a numeric context.