Well, yes, but only when your data is skewed in general. Tom Kyte gives a 1 - 2 hour presentation about bind variables, bind variable peeking, overbinding, SQL

Well, yes, but only when your data is skewed in general. Tom Kyte gives a 1 - 2 hour presentation about bind variables, bind variable peeking, overbinding, SQL Injection, parsing etc - great stuff if you are an Oracle guy and can get to one of this seminars.