Multiselect list in APEX 3.2.1.00.12

Hello,
I'm having troubles with a multiselect list that could potentially return a very large result set. I have a function called 'GET_LIST' that basically calls the apex_util.STRING_TO_TABLE(p_string,p_delimiter); function since the multiselect list returns a colon delimited string. If I try to select all of the values on the list I get the following message:
Bad Request
The request could not be understood by server due to malformed syntax.Are there any known workarounds to this issue?
Thanks in advance!
~Jake

Do any pros out there have a suggestion for this? My multiselect list has over 35,000 entries in it for certain owners. It is doubtful that anyone would ever select them all but if they should happen to they would receive an error.
The list of values (P10_ACCTS) is simply
select a.account_name d, a.account_id v
           from accounts a
         where a.owner = :P10_OWNERI then display a report that uses the results of the select list in the where clause:
and (account.id in (select column_value from table (GET_LIST(nvl(:P10_ACCTS,'::'))))GET_LIST is defined as:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION GET_LIST (
   p_string      IN   VARCHAR2,
   p_delimiter   IN   VARCHAR2 DEFAULT ':'
   RETURN vc_array_1 PIPELINED
IS
    l_string     varchar2(32000);
    l_array     wwv_flow_global.vc_arr2;
BEGIN
   l_array := apex_util.STRING_TO_TABLE(p_string,p_delimiter);
   for i in l_array.first..l_array.last loop
      pipe row (trim(l_array(i)));
   end loop;
   return;
end;I believe that my limitation is the 'l_string varchar2(32000);' I need (in some cases) to be able to pass over 100,000 characters. I've tried converting GET_LIST to use a clob instead of varchar2 but have yet to be successful in implementing that approach.
THanks in advance!
Edited by: jhammer on Oct 15, 2010 3:13 PM

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