metalink上关于ORA-3115的文档如下：
OERR: ORA-3115 "unsupported network datatype or representation" Reference Note (文档 ID 19792.1)
Purpose
This is a brief reference note to show the meaning of database error "ORA-3115". It includes the error text, "Cause" and "Action" from message files for each database version from 9.2 onwards, along with search links and details of any database bug issues related to the error.Scope
This note is intended for general audience as a starting point to check the meaning of "ORA-3115". It does not give detailed information about the error and does not give error message text for versions below 9.2 .Details
Error Text, Cause and Action from Message File/s for ORA-03115
Versions 9.2, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1 Error: ORA-03115 unsupported network datatype or representation --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cause: Action:
Search Links for ORA-03115
The links below can be used to locate ORA-3115 in the documentation, and to search for documents that give more information about the error.
Database Bugs Related to ORA-03115
Errors are usually due to usage, application or configuration issues but in some cases they may be caused by a bug issue. This section lists any database bugs that have been linked to error "ORA-3115" .See Note:1944526.1 for details of other symbols used
NB Bug Fixed Description
1834732 9.2.0.4, 10.1.0.2 JDBC thin fails with ORA-3115 while trying to fetch a UROWID
1803897 9.2.0.2, 10.1.0.2 Bad define conversions may fail with ORA-3115 rather than ORA-932
3880708 9.2.0.7 ORA-3001 / ORA-3115 inserting in gateway table from 8i -> 9i -> gateway
2517719 9.2.0.3, 10.1.0.2 ORA-3115 from setTimestamp() in JDBC 9.2 with an 8.0 database
2118014 9.0.1.3, 9.2.0.1 ORA-03115 from JDBC thin describing a table containing a TIMESTAMP based datatype
1753705 9.0.1.1, 9.2.0.1 OERI:7005 / ORA-3115 querying an internal ROWID from a table
695389 8.0.4.3, 8.0.5.1, 8.0.6.0 ORA-3115 replicating BLOB columns between machines
850888 8.1.5.1, 8.1.6.0 ORA-3115 using TIME datatype between 32 to 64 bit connections
920055 8.1.5.1 ORA-3115 from OCI8 fetches between NT and UNIX platforms
- '*' indicates that an alert exists for that issue.
- '+' indicates a particularly notable issue / bug.