It isn't that bizarre a search result since the exact string "> 255 columns" appears in the statspack analyzer output. ...must resist commenting on statspack analyser... must resist commenting on statspack analyser ... must resist.. Niall On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 4:16 PM, Hemant K Chitale <hkchital@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > > 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 > > > -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.orawin.info