I've just tested on 9i, that's work too.
But on 8.0.5 client, it doesnt work.
on 8.1.6 it doesn't work too.
no error message, just no row !!!
But on sql*plus 8.1.6 it give
SP2-0642: SQL*Plus internal error state 2091, context 0:0:0
Unsafe to proceed
it's really stange !!!