title: Oracle error ORA-01483: invalid length for DATE or NUMBER bind variable
body: <p>We are facing the below Oracle error while inserting a record in to the database.</p>
  
  <pre><code>ERROR SQL State: 72000 java.sql.SQLException: 
  ORA-01483: invalid length for DATE or NUMBER bind variable
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The table has two columns with the type as <code>varchar2(4000)</code>. When I am try to insert 4000 chars to either column1 or column2 only then it's inserting properly. </p>
  
  <p>But when I try to insert 4000 chars to both the columns then the above error is coming.</p>
  
  <p>Oracle version: 11g R1<br>
  JDK version: 1.4  </p>
  
  <p>Any thoughts / advice is greatly appreciated.</p>