ORA-01008: not all variables bound. They are bound

Question

I have come across an Oracle problem for which I have so far been unable to find the cause. The query below works in Oracle SQL developer, but when running in .NET it throws

Answer 1

It's a bug in Managed ODP.net - 'Bug 21113901 : MANAGED ODP.NET RAISE ORA-1008 USING SINGLE QUOTED CONST + BIND VAR IN SELECT' fixed in patch 23530387 superseded by patch 24591642