Advantages of deferred binding

Precompiling with binding enabled allows an application to access only the database used during the precompile process. Precompiling with binding deferred, however, allows an application to access many databases, because you can bind the BIND file against each one. This method of application development is inherently more flexible in that applications are precompiled only once, but the application can be bound to a database at any time.

Using the BIND API during execution allows an application to bind itself, perhaps as part of an installation procedure or before an associated module is executed. For example, an application can perform several tasks, only one of which requires the use of SQL statements. You can design the application to bind itself to a database only when the application calls the task requiring SQL statements, and only if an associated package does not already exist.

Another advantage of the deferred binding method is that it lets you create packages without providing source code to end users. You can ship the associated bind files with the application.