If this code is running undr a web server then "not every time" usually means you're not always running the code you think you are.
You've caught this one. My client is running on a web server farm. It fails on one of the servers, but not the other two. It's still limited to access to the one table, so I'm still stumped.
If you can show me (an extract of) a trace showing a dbd_st_prepare with auto_lob1 that then returns an OCILobLocatorPtr object then I'll treat it as a bug. Till then it's up to you to dig deeper.
I'll work on it. I have a rather long turn-around time to get new versions of code up on my client's servers. If I find anything, I'll let you know.
On a more general note, I'd like to thank you for DBI. I really appreciate the work you do on an important piece of infrastructure.
--Sean McMillan
