--- old/Value.java	2002-04-04 11:32:18.000000000 +0200
+++ new/Value.java	2003-06-03 15:59:45.000000000 +0200
@@ -170,6 +170,11 @@
                 valueObject = null;
                 break;
 
+            case Types.BLOB:
+                Blob blob = rs.getBlob(columnNumber);
+                valueObject = blob.getBytes(1, (int) blob.length());
+                break;
+
             default:
                 valueObject = rs.getString (columnNumber);
                 break;
@@ -257,7 +262,13 @@
             case Types.LONGVARBINARY:
             case Types.VARBINARY:
             case Types.BINARY:
-                stmt.setBytes (stmtNumber, this.asBytes());
+            case Types.BLOB:
+                // stmt.setBytes (stmtNumber, this.asBytes());
+                // patch to get around ORA-01483: invalid
+                // length for DATE or NUMBER bind variable
+                // occuring when binary value exceeds 4K
+                byte[] value = this.asBytes();
+                stmt.setBinaryStream(stmtNumber, new java.io.ByteArrayInputStream(value), value.length);
                 break;
 
             case Types.LONGVARCHAR: