MYSQL_TYPE_BIT column-wise binding crashes

This is part of my code, but it crashes during execution. Please let me know if I made any mistake or this is a bug.

MYSQL_BIND bind;
const char *data[]=

;

bind.buffer_type = MYSQL_TYPE_BIT;
bind.buffer = data;

mysql_stmt_attr_set(insertStmt, STMT_ATTR_ARRAY_SIZE, &numRows);
mysql_stmt_bind_param(insertStmt, bind);

mysql_stmt_execute(insertStmt);

I also tried the same code except for having
bind.buffer_type = MYSQL_TYPE_STRING;

It did not crash, but I could not fetch the correct data back.