Cannot edit templates after upgrade to version 4.1.0.00.32

Hi,
I recently upgraded APEX from version 3.2 to version 4.1.0.00.32.
The upgrade ran successfully; however, now when we try to edit a template by going to 'Shared Components' --> 'Templates' and click 'Apply Changes', we get the following error:
ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too small
I've been searching on Metalink but haven't been able to find anything that matches this issue.
Has anybody else come across this or know of a fix/patch to apply?
The only workaround right now is to directly modify WWV_FLOW_TEMPLATES, but I'd like to avoid having to do that.
Thanks much,
Nora

If you copy/paste your template code into a text editor, how many characters does it take up? I've run into a known limitation with APEX fields only accepting 32K worth of characters even if the underlying table column supports more. I've run into it trying to create massive PL/SQL procedure-based output regions and I end up having to compile each section as a procedure instead.

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