Import failing with ORA 3113 end of file on communication channel error

Question

While doing a schema level import on oracle 9.2.0.6 enterprise edition db, i get IMP 00003 with ORA 3113 error.
The import job fails particularly at one point where it tries to create a view with around 7000 lines.
Now I tried to create this view manually by executing the sql statement and get the same error.
As an another exercise when i pick up just a few lines say first 10 or 15 of the view definition, the view gets created in no time.
So, is there any limitation with Oracle as to how many lines a view can hold or buffer space or something.
Here is the sample code:
create or replace view uix_kana_kanji_c_evw as
select 'EFBC90' as kana_kanji_char from dual
union select 'EFBC91' as kana_kanji_char from dual
union select 'EFBC92' as kana_kanji_char from dual
union select 'EFBC93' as kana_kanji_char from dual
union select 'EFBC94' as kana_kanji_char from dual
union select 'EFBC95' as kana_kanji_char from dual
union select 'EFBC96' as kana_kanji_char from dual
union select 'EFBC97' as kana_kanji_char from dual
union select 'EFBC98' as kana_kanji_char from dual
union select 'EFBC99' as kana_kanji_char from dual
union select 'EFBCA1' as kana_kanji_char from dual
union select 'EFBCA2' as kana_kanji_char from dual
union select 'EFBCA3' as kana_kanji_char from dual
union select 'EFBCA4' as kana_kanji_char from dual
union select 'EFBCA5' as kana_kanji_char from dual
union select 'EFBCA6' as kana_kanji_char from dual
union select 'EFBCA7' as kana_kanji_char from dual

Answer 1

ORA-3113 is a generic error. The bad news is there are slightly less than a million combination of OS, platform, versions and events that might cause it to happen.
The good news is there should be a message in the alert log whenever this occurs. If you're lucky there may be .TRC file as well (check udump directory as well as bdump). The contents of the file(s) should give you some guidance about what causes it to happen. If you still need help from us you'll need to post some concrete details for us to ponder.
Good luck, APC