High number of execution while using bind variables

Hi,
The below query is going for 79000 executions when bind variables are used.
Select COUNT ( InID) From InD   PPR BO95_PPR where  IND.PPR = PPR. PPRName AND   ( ( ( ( ( (  AGD = :1 ) AND (  AGUD is null ) ) AND (  MW is null ) ) AND ( ( (  Status = :2 ) OR (  Status = :3 ) ) ) ) AND  BD = :4 ) )
Bind variable values are as follows
:1 = 10
:2 = Down
:3 = Run
:4 = 10
| Id  | Operation                     | Name                 | Rows  | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time     |
|   0 | SELECT STATEMENT              |                      |     1 |    54 |    74   (3)| 00:00:01 |
|   1 |  SORT AGGREGATE               |                      |     1 |    54 |            |          |
|   2 |   NESTED LOOPS                |                      | 79543 |  4194K|    74   (3)| 00:00:01 |
|   3 |    TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID| PPR     |     1 |    15 |     1   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|*  4 |     INDEX RANGE SCAN          | IDX_PPR_BD     |     1 |       |     1   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|   5 |    INLIST ITERATOR            |                      |       |       |            |          |
|*  6 |     INDEX RANGE SCAN          | IDX_InD_ASABMP | 79543 |  3029K|    73   (3)| 00:00:01 |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------When I replace the bind variables with hard coded values, the row returned is 29000 only.
Why is it different?
Thanks

Huh?
How are you comparing 79000 executions with 29000 rows?
Your question:
a). Doesn't make sense
b). Lacks information (version of Oracle, doesn't show how you determine 79,000 executions and 29,000 rows)
c). Lacks information about how the query is being submitted/executed - the client determines how many times it's executed, and bind variables wouldn't impact this.
John

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