PHP 4.2.1 compiled using --with-oci8 against Oracle 9i (9.2) libs on RH Linux 7.2 querying an Oracle 9i database.
Running any query that contains any Oracle CHAR or VARCHAR2 datatype returns the following error: "Warning: OCIStmtExecute: ORA-03115: unsupported network datatype or representation"

- Running the same queries in Oracle sqlplus client on Linux machine where PHP was built returns all data correctly.

- Running queries that only contain numbers or dates work perfectly fine all the way from Oracle to PHP output.

- Weirdly, casting the CHAR datatypes inside the query by wrapping them with TO_CLOB(foo) allows PHP to display data correctly.

Are the OCI8 functions not completely compatible with the latest Oracle 9i (9.2) release and client libs?

The PHP code I running to simply test Oracle connectivity and basic querying:
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putenv("ORACLE_HOME=/opt/oracle/product/9.2.0");

//fails:
$strSQL = "SELECT ENAME, EMPNO FROM SCOTT.emp";

//works: 
//$strSQL = "SELECT EMPNO FROM SCOTT.emp";

//works: 
//$strSQL = "SELECT TO_CLOB(ENAME), EMPNO FROM SCOTT.emp";

$objDBCN = OCILogon("foo_uid","foo_pwd","foo_SID");
$objSTH = OCIParse($objDBCN, $strSQL);
OCIExecute($objSTH);
OCIFetchStatement($objSTH, $objRS);
echo "<pre>";
print_r($objRS);
echo "</pre>";
OCIFreeStatement($objSTH);
OCILogOff($objDBCN);
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