Platform: Solaris 9, Oracle EE 8.1.7.4, Oracle EE 10.2.0.1

Two databases on the same box, call them eps8pd (8.1.7.4) and epspd
(10.2.0.1)

In eps8pd, I created a db link pointing to epspd:

CREATE PUBLIC DATABASE LINK "LNK_EPSPD" CONNECT TO "NOBELEPS"
IDENTIFIED BY "********"
USING 'EPSPD'

then, connected to eps8pd as NOBELEPS (same user exists on both db's):

Connected to:
Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.7.4.0 - Production
With the Partitioning option
JServer Release 8.1.7.4.0 - Production

SQL> select count(*) from user_tables@lnk_epspd;
select count(*) from user_tables@lnk_epspd
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-02068: following severe error from LNK_EPSPD
ORA-00603: ORACLE server session terminated by fatal error
ORA-00604: error occurred at recursive SQL level 52
ORA-00036: maximum number of recursive SQL levels (50) exceeded
ORA-00604: error occurred at recursive SQL level 52
ORA-00036: maximum number of recursive SQL levels (50) exceeded


Searching the ng archives, MetaLink, and Google on ORA-00036 gives a
few hits, all talking about the likelyhood of a recursive trigger. But
as you can see, my example is a simple select that shouldn't generate
much recursive SQL. Linking FROM the 10.2 db TO the 8.1 db causes no
problems. I realize that this may be an un-resolvable problem with 8
-> 10 connections, but am making one last attempt to find a possible
work-around before going to plan 'D'.

Thanks.