Some / Many of us on Oracle-L would be amused (??) by MetaLink Note#736635.1 The "source" of the "Solution" section of that note would be obvious.(I came across this note when doing a search for issues with >255 columns -- what a bizarre search result !)
Hemant K Chitale http://hemantoracledba.blogspot.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l