MySQL Tutorial/Math Numeric Functions/BIT OR
BIT_OR(expr): Returns the bitwise OR of all bits in expr.
The calculation is performed with 64-bit (BIGINT) precision.
This function returns 0 if there were no matching rows.
mysql>
mysql>
mysql> select BIT_OR(1);
+-----------+
| BIT_OR(1) |
+-----------+
| 1 |
+-----------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)