Problems with LONG RAW data using Oracle OCI from Windows

I'm using the Oracle OCI from within Windows to access a remote oracle database on a Sun. I'm using the LONG datatype to store chunks of data with a size of 10K. I'm able to store and retrieve the data fine for the first few attempts of a connection, but then the process on the server hangs and never returns from the execute-query call. If I login to the server, the process still exists. If I start up SQLDBA MONITOR, I can see that the process has the table locked. If I select the PROCESSES option from within SQLDBA MONITOR, I am told that an error occurred and I am kicked out of SQLDBA. This happens until I kill the orphaned process.

This problem does not occur when I access a local databases from within Windows in standard mode, and does not appear to occur on servers other than Sun.

If anyone can offer any clue to my problem, I would be very grateful.

Thanks,
Michael Jones

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Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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