Confused about "execute to parse %" in AWR reports - related to Soft Parses

Hi

I assume "execute to parse %" should always get a low percentage, no matter what you do.

Perhaps I don't understand it or missing in my logic.

1)

I assume you will rarely get a situation where you don't need to soft parse or hard parse.

2)

I assume soft parsing will occur even if you instruct the Optimizer to use the same execution plan, for any value assigned to the bind variable.

3)

I assume that soft parsing will occur even if you use the same exact SQL statement without any bind variables. Unless its cursor cache gets closed - you'll get a hard parse next time you run that SQL.