1.6 LOV query invalid, was working in 1.5

The following LOV query was valid in 1.5:
select rd.name, rd.refdata_id from refdata rd, refdata_meta meta where meta.name = 'Title' and rd.refdata_meta_id = meta.refdata_meta_id and (:20_PATIENT_ID IS NOT NULL OR visible = 'Y') order by rank
This query is being flagged as invalid in 1.6. The problem appears to be the parenthetical OR clause, since taking it out passes validation. The error message is:
"LOV query is invalid, a display and a return value are needed, the column names need to be different. If your query contains an in-line query, the first FROM clause in the SQL statement must not belong to the in-line query."
Seems to me that the validator is equating the existence of a left parenthesis with an inline query, which of course is incorrect as the above perfectly valid SQL demonstrates.
The query with the OR clause operates to populate the LOVs just fine in my existing app migrated from 1.5, so this is a maintenance and new app creation issue.
I can of course work around it by views as needed to support a simplified LOV query, but I would much rather just get the former level of functionality back. Any prospect of fixing what appears to me to be a bug in the LOV query validator for the 1.6 platform?
thanks,
susan weber

Susan,
In 1.6, we introduced LOV query validations, to help head off problems before runtime. Looks like in this case, the check has a bug. It's trying to parse your SQL as if it were a query in a region and it fails because of the item name you are using that begins with a numeric digit and is followed by non-numeric characters. Such a query fails to parse with DBMS_SQL.PARSE. But the query does work, as you know, in an LOV, where EXECUTE IMMEDIATE with a USING clause handles it okay.
So we have three bugs, the LOV query validation algorithm, the misleading validation failure message, and the bug that allows users to create and use items with names that are not valid Oracle identifiers. Thanks for pointing this out.
Your workaround is to use v('20_PATIENT_ID') instead of using bind variable notation.
Scott

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I just realized what my mistake is.
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Once I added one or more space characters to the end of each code line, Apex accepted the query without problem.
Whew! That was tricky, indeed.
And this is why many of my other already working queries suddenly caused the error when I clcik the OK button in the LOV editor. For some reason, bringing up these already existing, working queries stripped awawy any space characters from the very end of the code codes.
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