Prepared Statement params are not pre-evaluated

prepared statements, [1] with both criteria as parameters for the prepared statement, the predicates are not evaluated until after batches are pulled. But for [2] if the SEARCH='FALSE' is in the query and not a param, it is pre-evaluated and we only run the one side of the union.

[1]
sql = "select * from " +
"Inventory_Detail" +
" WHERE SEARCH = and ITEM_ID in OFFSET 0 ROWS FETCH NEXT 500 ROWS ONLY";
PreparedStatement preparedStatement = conn.prepareStatement(sql);
preparedStatement.setString(1,"FALSE");
preparedStatement.setString(2,"1005014161091");
ResultSet rs = null;

[2]
sql = "select * from " +
"Inventory_Detail" +
" WHERE SEARCH = 'FALSE' and ITEM_ID in OFFSET 0 ROWS FETCH NEXT 500 ROWS ONLY";
PreparedStatement preparedStatement = conn.prepareStatement(sql);
preparedStatement.setString(1,"1005014161091");
ResultSet rs = null;