1. Please update your post to include an open <code>, as you've gotten mangled.
  2. Are you certain the field is VARCHAR2(80)? Not to second guess you, but every time I've seen that error, it was associated with a LOB.
  3. What do you mean by 'special characters'? Non-alphanumerics? Non-ASCII? If you are dealing with high-bit characters, can you show us your connector? Have you modified $ENV{NLS_LANG}?

It looks like there's a message on the perl.dbi.users mailing list that might be relevant. It suggests the problem is UTF related, and we need to debug your connector.

#11929 First ask yourself `How would I do this without a computer?' Then have the computer do it the same way.

In reply to Re: DBD::Oracle::st fetchrow_hashref failed: ORA-24345 by kennethk
in thread DBD::Oracle::st fetchrow_hashref failed: ORA-24345 by gopalr

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