diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/conf/Settings.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/conf/Settings.java
index 4eed197f70..09419241fa 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/conf/Settings.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/conf/Settings.java
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ public class Settings
     @XmlElement(defaultValue = "false")
     protected Boolean renderFormatted = false;
     protected RenderFormatting renderFormatting;
+    @XmlElement(defaultValue = "false")
+    protected Boolean renderNullifEmptyStringForBindValues = false;
     @XmlElement(defaultValue = "NEVER")
     @XmlSchemaType(name = "string")
     protected AutoAliasExpressions renderAutoAliasedDerivedTableExpressions = AutoAliasExpressions.NEVER;
@@ -897,6 +899,34 @@ public class Settings
         this.renderFormatting = value;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Whether to wrap String typed bind values with NULLIF(?, '') for Oracle compatibility.
+     * <p>
+     * This feature is available in the commercial distribution only.
+     * 
+     * @return
+     *     possible object is
+     *     {@link Boolean }
+     *     
+     */
+    public Boolean isRenderNullifEmptyStringForBindValues() {
+        return renderNullifEmptyStringForBindValues;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Whether to wrap String typed bind values with NULLIF(?, '') for Oracle compatibility.
+     * <p>
+     * This feature is available in the commercial distribution only.
+     * 
+     * @param value
+     *     allowed object is
+     *     {@link Boolean }
+     *     
+     */
+    public void setRenderNullifEmptyStringForBindValues(Boolean value) {
+        this.renderNullifEmptyStringForBindValues = value;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Whether to auto-alias expressions in derived tables.
      * <p>
@@ -6840,6 +6870,17 @@ public class Settings
         return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Whether to wrap String typed bind values with NULLIF(?, '') for Oracle compatibility.
+     * <p>
+     * This feature is available in the commercial distribution only.
+     * 
+     */
+    public Settings withRenderNullifEmptyStringForBindValues(Boolean value) {
+        setRenderNullifEmptyStringForBindValues(value);
+        return this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Whether to auto-alias expressions in derived tables.
      * <p>
@@ -9455,6 +9496,7 @@ public class Settings
         builder.append("renderLocale", renderLocale);
         builder.append("renderFormatted", renderFormatted);
         builder.append("renderFormatting", renderFormatting);
+        builder.append("renderNullifEmptyStringForBindValues", renderNullifEmptyStringForBindValues);
         builder.append("renderAutoAliasedDerivedTableExpressions", renderAutoAliasedDerivedTableExpressions);
         builder.append("renderOptionalAssociativityParentheses", renderOptionalAssociativityParentheses);
         builder.append("renderOptionalAsKeywordForTableAliases", renderOptionalAsKeywordForTableAliases);
@@ -9813,6 +9855,15 @@ public class Settings
                 return false;
             }
         }
+        if (renderNullifEmptyStringForBindValues == null) {
+            if (other.renderNullifEmptyStringForBindValues!= null) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        } else {
+            if (!renderNullifEmptyStringForBindValues.equals(other.renderNullifEmptyStringForBindValues)) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
         if (renderAutoAliasedDerivedTableExpressions == null) {
             if (other.renderAutoAliasedDerivedTableExpressions!= null) {
                 return false;
@@ -11733,6 +11784,7 @@ public class Settings
         result = ((prime*result)+((renderLocale == null)? 0 :renderLocale.hashCode()));
         result = ((prime*result)+((renderFormatted == null)? 0 :renderFormatted.hashCode()));
         result = ((prime*result)+((renderFormatting == null)? 0 :renderFormatting.hashCode()));
+        result = ((prime*result)+((renderNullifEmptyStringForBindValues == null)? 0 :renderNullifEmptyStringForBindValues.hashCode()));
         result = ((prime*result)+((renderAutoAliasedDerivedTableExpressions == null)? 0 :renderAutoAliasedDerivedTableExpressions.hashCode()));
         result = ((prime*result)+((renderOptionalAssociativityParentheses == null)? 0 :renderOptionalAssociativityParentheses.hashCode()));
         result = ((prime*result)+((renderOptionalAsKeywordForTableAliases == null)? 0 :renderOptionalAsKeywordForTableAliases.hashCode()));
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Val.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Val.java
index 927bf6a021..a406e380b0 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Val.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Val.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
  */
 package org.jooq.impl;
 
+import static java.lang.Boolean.TRUE;
 import static java.util.stream.Collectors.joining;
 // ...
 import static org.jooq.conf.ParamType.INLINED;
@@ -44,7 +45,9 @@ import static org.jooq.conf.ParamType.NAMED;
 import static org.jooq.conf.ParamType.NAMED_OR_INLINED;
 import static org.jooq.impl.AbstractRowAsField.acceptMultisetContent;
 import static org.jooq.impl.AbstractRowAsField.forceMultisetContent;
+import static org.jooq.impl.DSL.inline;
 import static org.jooq.impl.DSL.sql;
+import static org.jooq.impl.Names.N_NULLIF;
 import static org.jooq.impl.QueryPartListView.wrap;
 import static org.jooq.impl.SQLDataType.OTHER;
 import static org.jooq.impl.SQLDataType.VARCHAR;
@@ -215,7 +218,23 @@ final class Val<T> extends AbstractParam<T> implements UEmpty {
 
 
             try {
-                getBinding().sql(new DefaultBindingSQLContext<>(ctx.configuration(), ctx.data(), r, value, getBindVariable(ctx)));
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+                accept0(r);
             }
             catch (SQLException e) {
                 throw new DataAccessException("Error while generating SQL for Binding", e);
@@ -232,7 +251,11 @@ final class Val<T> extends AbstractParam<T> implements UEmpty {
         }
     }
 
-    private void acceptDefaultEmbeddable(Context<?> ctx) {
+    private final void accept0(RenderContext ctx) throws SQLException {
+        getBinding().sql(new DefaultBindingSQLContext<>(ctx.configuration(), ctx.data(), ctx, value, getBindVariable(ctx)));
+    }
+
+    private final void acceptDefaultEmbeddable(Context<?> ctx) {
         ctx.data(DATA_LIST_ALREADY_INDENTED, true, c -> c.visit(wrap(embeddedFields(this))));
     }
 
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/resources/org/jooq/xsd/jooq-runtime-3.20.0.xsd b/jOOQ/src/main/resources/org/jooq/xsd/jooq-runtime-3.20.0.xsd
index addd321fd1..1d858d2afa 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/resources/org/jooq/xsd/jooq-runtime-3.20.0.xsd
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/resources/org/jooq/xsd/jooq-runtime-3.20.0.xsd
@@ -130,6 +130,12 @@ providing a name to parameters, resulting in <code>:1</code> or <code>@1</code>
         <annotation><appinfo><jxb:property><jxb:javadoc><![CDATA[All sorts of formatting flags / settings.]]></jxb:javadoc></jxb:property></appinfo></annotation>
       </element>
 
+      <element name="renderNullifEmptyStringForBindValues" type="boolean" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" default="false">
+        <annotation><appinfo><jxb:property><jxb:javadoc><![CDATA[Whether to wrap String typed bind values with NULLIF(?, '') for Oracle compatibility.
+<p>
+This feature is available in the commercial distribution only.]]></jxb:javadoc></jxb:property></appinfo></annotation>
+      </element>
+
       <element name="renderAutoAliasedDerivedTableExpressions" type="jooq-runtime:AutoAliasExpressions" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" default="NEVER">
         <annotation><appinfo><jxb:property><jxb:javadoc><![CDATA[Whether to auto-alias expressions in derived tables.
 <p>