There wouldn't be any uncommitted statements. The only such statements are sent inside commit(), the others are SELECTs and such that don't modify anything.

Ok. I made things this way.

Well, that also wastes memory :) I thought I remembered using VARCHAR pointers about 10 years ago. I think I still have that code around, but I currently don't have a computer where I could put that hard drive. Maybe in a few days.

No need for this. I found a way to handle VARCHAR pointers. Now all ok. There is always a time to learn =)

Does Oracle handle \ specially? I don't have Oracle installed currently or access to any installations.

No unless an escape clause is specified in SQL-statement.

I'll check the updated patch later.

Here is a fixed one.