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ORA-6502 Filling an Item with More Than 4000 Characters with DBMS_LOB.SUBSTR (Doc ID 458165.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 05, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Forms - Version 11.1.1.2.0 to 11.1.2.0.0 [Release 11g]
Oracle Forms for OCI - Version 12.2.1.4.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Filling an long item with
dbms_lob.substr(...5000...);

gives ORA-6502 for more as 4000 characters.

Cause

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