Why is Oracle REPLACE function not working for this string? - sql

Question

We have a pattern we use all the time and this is usually pretty straightforward.
sortOrder IN VARCHAR2 := 'Title'
query VARCHAR2(32767) := q'[
SELECT
Columns
FROM tables
ORDER BY {sortOrder}
]';
query := REPLACE(query, '{sortOrder}', sortOrder);
But for this string it is not working:
WITH appl_List
AS
(
SELECT DISTINCT
appls.admin_phs_ORG_code || TO_CHAR(appls.serial_num, 'FM000000') AS core_proj_number,
appls.Appl_ID
FROM TABLE(:portfolioTable) appls
),
g1SupportingProjCount AS
(
SELECT
gen1grants.silverchair_id,
COUNT(DISTINCT al.Appl_ID) AS ApplCount
FROM
appl_List al
JOIN cg_cited_reference_gen1_grant gen1grants
ON al.core_proj_number = gen1grants.ic_serial_num
JOIN cg_cited_reference_gen1 gen1refs
ON gen1grants.silverchair_id = gen1refs.silverchair_id
GROUP BY gen1grants.Silverchair_id
),
g1SupportedPubCount AS
(
SELECT
gen1grants.silverchair_id,
COUNT(DISTINCT gen1refs.gen1_wos_uid) AS PubCount
FROM
appl_List al
JOIN cg_cited_reference_gen1_grant gen1grants
ON al.core_proj_number = gen1grants.ic_serial_num
JOIN cg_cited_reference_gen1 gen1refs
ON gen1grants.silverchair_id = gen1refs.silverchair_id
GROUP BY gen1grants.Silverchair_id
),
g2SupportingProjCount AS
(
SELECT
gen2grants.silverchair_id,
COUNT(DISTINCT al.Appl_ID) AS ApplCount
FROM
appl_List al
JOIN cg_cited_reference_gen2_grant gen2grants
ON al.core_proj_number = gen2grants.ic_serial_num
JOIN cg_cited_reference_gen2 gen2refs
ON gen2grants.silverchair_id = gen2refs.silverchair_id
GROUP BY gen2grants.Silverchair_id
),
g2SupportedPubCount AS
(
SELECT
gen2grants.silverchair_id,
COUNT(DISTINCT gen2refs.gen2_wos_uid) AS PubCount
FROM
appl_List al
JOIN cg_cited_reference_gen2_grant gen2grants
ON al.core_proj_number = gen2grants.ic_serial_num
JOIN cg_cited_reference_gen2 gen2refs
ON gen2grants.silverchair_id = gen2refs.silverchair_id
GROUP BY gen2grants.Silverchair_id
),
portfolio_cg_ids AS
(
SELECT DISTINCT md.silverchair_id
FROM
(
SELECT silverchair_id
FROM cg_cited_reference_gen1_grant gen1Grants
JOIN Appl_List appls
ON appls.core_proj_number = gen1Grants.ic_serial_num
UNION
SELECT silverchair_id
FROM cg_cited_reference_gen2_grant gen2Grants
JOIN Appl_List appls
ON appls.core_proj_number = gen2Grants.ic_serial_num
) grant_sc_ids
JOIN cg_metadata md
ON grant_sc_ids.silverchair_id = md.silverchair_id
)
SELECT
silverchairId,
TITLE,
PMID,
PMCID,
publication_year as year,
referenceCount1Gen,
supportingProjectCount1Gen,
supportedPublicationCount1Gen,
referenceCount2Gen,
supportingProjectCount2Gen,
supportedPublicationCount2Gen,
COUNT(1) OVER() as TotalCount
FROM
(
SELECT
md.SILVERCHAIR_ID silverchairId,
md.TITLE,
md.PMID,
md.PMCID ,
md.publication_year as year,
g1RefCounts.referenceCount1Gen as referenceCount1Gen,
g1SupportingProjCount.ApplCount as supportingProjectCount1Gen,
g1SupportedPubCount.PubCount as supportedPublicationCount1Gen,
g2RefCounts.referenceCount2Gen as referenceCount2Gen,
g2SupportingProjCount.ApplCount as supportingProjectCount2Gen,
g2SupportedPubCount.PubCount as supportedPublicationCount2Gen,
--COUNT(1) OVER() as TotalCount
FROM cg_metadata md
-- BEGIN datascope to current portfolio
JOIN portfolio_cg_ids
ON portfolio_cg_ids.silverchair_id = md.silverchair_id
-- END datascope to current portfolio
LEFT JOIN g1SupportingProjCount
ON g1SupportingProjCount.Silverchair_id = md.silverchair_id
LEFT JOIN g2SupportingProjCount
ON g2SupportingProjCount.Silverchair_id = md.silverchair_id
LEFT JOIN g1SupportedPubCount
ON g1SupportedPubCount.Silverchair_id = md.silverchair_id
LEFT JOIN g2SupportedPubCount
ON g2SupportedPubCount.Silverchair_id = md.silverchair_id
OUTER APPLY
(
Select Count(*) as referenceCount1Gen
FROM cg_cited_reference_gen1 g1Refs
WHERE g1Refs.silverchair_id = md.silverchair_id
) g1RefCounts
OUTER APPLY
(
Select Count(*) as referenceCount2Gen
FROM cg_cited_reference_gen2 g2Refs
WHERE g2Refs.silverchair_id = md.silverchair_id
) g2RefCounts
) results
ORDER BY {sortOrder}
Are there cases where some kind of special char in the string can keep this from working?
I'm kind of perplexed. I've been using this pattern for like 3 years and I've never had this not work.
What could be breaking this?

Answer 1

The query has 4000+ characters.
The text is probably being truncated somewhere down the line.