Problem with long column names

I'm trying to fetch rows via pl/sql from an Access db table that has long(over 30 characters) column names. I've tried using pass-through sql but it still returns generic ODBC error. Is there a way to get this to work without changing column names in table?

Andy,
Oracle does have a restriction in column name size but if you are using pass-through this should not come into play.
It may be a restriction of the ODBC driver or a bug. Please take a look at the ODBC driver trace file.
Vira

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