• Hmm, something seems odd.

    SQL should be able to easily do "simple parameterization" -- the old name, "auto-parameterization", seems clearer to me -- on that query. That is, SQL should automatically convert the query to make the value in the WHERE clause a parameter so a shareable plan is created.

    Are you changing the case (upper/lower) of the query each time?(??)

    Or making some other noticeable change to the query each time?

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