Query is Returning ORA-06502: Character String Buffer Too Small, Any Help for the OP?

January 21, 2011 I found an interesting SQL statement on the OTN forums today.  When executing the SQL statement Oracle Database returns the following error: ORA-00604: error occurred at recursive SQL level 1 ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too small ORA-06512: at line 12 ORA-00920: invalid relational operator 00604. 00000 - "error [...]