RE: Stupid Bind Variable question

2002-09-22 Thread Craig Munday
Title: RE: Stupid Bind Variable question Hi, I suggest the following: - If a literal is always going to be the same value than it is marginal whether you use a bind variable for this. - I'm not sure why you are using the to_char to_date functions?  You should be able to create a

Re: Stupid Bind Variable question

2002-09-20 Thread Stephane Faroult
Alan Davey wrote: > > In any given SQL statement, do I need (or should I :^) ) create a bind variable for >every literal value even if it is one of the following cases: > > 1) substring in a substr function > 2) date/time format mask used in to_char or to_date function > 3) comparison value

Stupid Bind Variable question

2002-09-20 Thread Alan Davey
In any given SQL statement, do I need (or should I :^) ) create a bind variable for every literal value even if it is one of the following cases: 1) substring in a substr function 2) date/time format mask used in to_char or to_date function 3) comparison value in a decode/case statement (not