Internal error 00600 when using Blobs

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We are having problems writing rows to tables that include a Blob column. Oracle version is 10g. Table schema looks like this:
CREATE TABLE xyResetRewind ( ResetRewind  NUMBER(38)  NOT NULL, RowDate      DATE        NOT NULL, ForRowDate  DATE        NOT NULL, DataClass    VARCHAR2(3)  NOT NULL, DataType    VARCHAR2(2)  NOT NULL, DataKeyVal  BLOB        NOT NULL, RRStatus    VARCHAR2(3)  NOT NULL, CreationDate TIMESTAMP    NOT NULL, LastUpdated  TIMESTAMP    NOT NULL, User_        VARCHAR2(16) NOT NULL )
and the SQL used to write it looks like this:
MERGE INTO xyResetRewind USING DUAL ON (ResetRewind = ?) WHEN MATCHED THEN UPDATE SET RowDate      = ?, ForRowDate  = ?, DataClass    = ?, DataType    = ?, DataKeyVal  = ?, RRStatus    = ?, CreationDate = ?, LastUpdated  = ?, User_        = ? WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN INSERT ( ResetRewind, RowDate, ForRowDate, DataClass, DataType, DataKeyVal, RRStatus, CreationDate, LastUpdated, User_ ) VALUES ( ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ? )
The driver recommended by Oracle for 10g is version 10.2.0.4.0 Feb 2 2008. We have also tried 11.2.0.7.0 28 Aug 2008 (the 11g drivers) with no luck. We use either PreparedStatement.setBytes() or setObject passing the byte array for the BLOB content.
We then get this error:
ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [koklismem1: r_length is 0] , [], [], [], [], [], [], []       at oracle.jdbc.driver.DatabaseError.throwSqlException(DatabaseError.java:112)       at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CTTIoer.processError(T4CTTIoer.java:331)       at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CTTIoer.processError(T4CTTIoer.java:288)       at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4C8Oall.receive(T4C8Oall.java:745)       at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CPreparedStatement.doOall8(T4CPreparedStatement.java:219)       at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CPreparedStatement.executeForRows(T4CPreparedStatement.java:970)       at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleStatement.doExecuteWithTimeout(OracleStatement.java:1190)       at oracle.jdbc.driver.OraclePreparedStatement.executeInternal(OraclePreparedStatement.java:3370)       at oracle.jdbc.driver.OraclePreparedStatement.execute(OraclePreparedStatement.java:3476)       at com.inqwell.any.io.sql.AnySql.executePrepared(AnySql.java:372)   .   .
Our jdbc code uses only interface methods defined in Java, so no oracle-specific stuff is used or allowed.
There seems to be very little on the internet about this problem, the only things I could find being these:
http://e-docs.bea.com/wls/docs81/faq/jdbc.html#501544
http://www.gcqh.com/oracle/241
We haven't interfaced with Oracle for a number of years (we don't get this problem with mysql) so just for fun we tried an old version of the jdbc driver: version 9.0.2.0.0 from 6 April 2004, hmmm. Anyway, that works, but obviously this is not something we want to rely on.
Does anyone have an idea what this is and perhaps a better workaround than using ancient software?

Answer 1

Thanks for your reply. Oracle support is managed elsewhere in my company so I passed on your information. Apparently it's actually a different bug that applies in this case:
*Bug No. 8224110  ORA-00600[KOKLISMEM1: R_LENGTH IS 0] OCCURS WHEN EXECUTING MERGE STATEMENT*
Filed 03-FEB-2009 Updated 29-MAY-2009 Product Oracle Server - Enterprise Edition Product Version 10.2.0.4
Fixed in Product Version < no data>
*ORA-00600[koklismem1: r_length is 0] or ORA-600[12333] occurs when executing MERGE statement which has BLOB*
columns from JDBC application.  Executing MERGE statement which has BLOB columns, the following error   occurs on
the client side and ORA-600 occurs in server side.
I'm told there is no resolution as yet....