Stupid Bind Variable question

From: Alan Davey <adavey_at_competitrack.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 07:28:31 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.004D4FEE.20020920072831@fatcity.com>

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:

substring in a substr function
date/time format mask used in to_char or to_date function
comparison value in a decode/case statement (not in the where clause)

I've seen it mentioned to use bind variables when comparing a column to a literal in the where clause, but nothing specific about the above scenarios. Basically what I am asking is, do all literals need to be made bind variables?

Thanks.
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