Originally posted by mkalter:
Could it be that you are using Oracle Net 9.2 on an Oracle8i database? There is a bug in Net 9.2 when querying long columns in an 8i database. To verify this, start SQL*Plus 9.2, connect to the 8i database, and execute the following:
SQL> select * from user_tab_cols;
SQL*Plus should also "disappear" when accessing the long column in this view...