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@@ -14277,8 +14277,9 @@ statements contain hard coded values instead of bind parameters,
 Oracle sees the statement text is different and will be less
 efficient.
 
-Bind parameters can be used to substitute data but not the text of the
-statement.
+Bind parameters can be used to substitute data values. They cannot be used for
+direct substitution of column or table names in dynamically constructed
+statements, see [Binding Column and Table Names in Queries](#sqlbindtablename).
 
 Bind variables cannot be used in [DDL][15] statements, for example
 `CREATE TABLE` or `ALTER` commands.