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<LI><H2>Optimised Access Plan etc. is cached within the server
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<LI>keyed by the exact original SQL string used
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<LI><H2>Compare	do("insert … $id");
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<LI><H2>Without placeholders, SQL string varies each time
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<LI>so cached one is not reused
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<LI>the new statement and access plan are added to cache
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<LI>on a busy system this can lead to ‘thrashing’
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<LI><H2>Oracle now has a way to avoid/reduce this problem
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<LI>it can effectively replace literal constants with placeholders
<LI>but the quality of query execution plans can suffer
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