Insufficient Buffer size to store Columns Names

I am using WebSphere 3.02 with Oracle on OS/390. Some of my servlets work but some get the error:
Insufficient Buffer size to store Columns Names
This is a Oracle error, ORA-17414. All of the doc says:
Note: Cause and action for each message will be provided in a later release.
This was in 1999, and I still cannot find cause and action information.
Anyone know what this error is?
Thanks.

Thom,
How many columns are there in your query? Do they have lengthy column names? Has your schema or query changed during the upgrade?
One possible workaround if you have lengthy column names in your query is to try doing something like "select somelongcolumnname1 as c1, somelongcolumnname2 as c2 ..." and see if it works. Admittedly, this is only a workaround, but it should be better than renaming your column names.

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B
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Extracted from the ProC manual from Oracle 7.3 (don't ask :-{).
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Providing more information/background is probably the wise thing to do.
Versions (databases, exp, imp), commands and parameters used - copy&paste, relevant part of logs - copy&paste, describe table, etc.
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