java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: oracle.jdbc.dbaccess.DBAccess.lobWrite(Loracle/sql/CLOB;J[C)J

Following errors were appearing while accessing the OA Framework home page after keying in username and password

Request URI:/OA_HTML/OA.jsp

Exception:

java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: oracle.jdbc.dbaccess.DBAccess.lobWrite(Loracle/sql/CLOB;J[C)J

at oracle.sql.LobDBAccessImpl.putChars(LobDBAccessImpl.java:221)

at oracle.sql.CLOB.putChars(CLOB.java:339)

at oracle.sql.CLOB.putString(CLOB.java:359)

at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleClobWriter.flushBuffer(OracleClobWriter.java:261)

at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleClobWriter.flush(OracleClobWriter.java:204)

at oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.OAServerDelegate.handleError(OAServerDelegate.java:1941)

at oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.OAPageErrorHandler.prepareException(OAPageErrorHandler.java:1246)

at oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.OAPageBean.preparePage(OAPageBean.java:1987)

at oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.OAPageBean.preparePage(OAPageBean.java:509)

at oracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.OAPageBean.preparePage(OAPageBean.java:430)

at _oa__html._OA._jspService(_OA.java:82)

at oracle.jsp.runtime.HttpJsp.service(HttpJsp.java:119)

at oracle.jsp.app.JspApplication.dispatchRequest(JspApplication.java:385)

at oracle.jsp.JspServlet.doDispatch(JspServlet.java:259)

at oracle.jsp.JspServlet.internalService(JspServlet.java:178)

at oracle.jsp.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:148)

at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:588)

at oracle.jsp.provider.Jsp20RequestDispatcher.forward(Jsp20RequestDispatcher.java:162)

at oracle.jsp.runtime.OraclePageContext.forward(OraclePageContext.java:175)

at _oa__html._OA._jspService(_OA.java:92)

at oracle.jsp.runtime.HttpJsp.service(HttpJsp.java:119)

at oracle.jsp.app.JspApplication.dispatchRequest(JspApplication.java:385)

at oracle.jsp.JspServlet.doDispatch(JspServlet.java:259)

at oracle.jsp.JspServlet.internalService(JspServlet.java:178)

at oracle.jsp.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:148)

at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:588)

at oracle.jsp.provider.Jsp20RequestDispatcher.forward(Jsp20RequestDispatcher.java:162)

at oracle.jsp.runtime.OraclePageContext.forward(OraclePageContext.java:175)

at _oa__html._OA._jspService(_OA.java:92)

at oracle.jsp.runtime.HttpJsp.service(HttpJsp.java:119)

at oracle.jsp.app.JspApplication.dispatchRequest(JspApplication.java:385)

at oracle.jsp.JspServlet.doDispatch(JspServlet.java:259)

at oracle.jsp.JspServlet.internalService(JspServlet.java:178)

at oracle.jsp.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:148)

at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:588)

at org.apache.jserv.JServConnection.processRequest(JServConnection.java:456)

at org.apache.jserv.JServConnection.run(JServConnection.java:294)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)

We also got this error:

Request URI:/OA_HTML/AppsLocalLogin.jsp

Exception:

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class oracle.apps.fnd.common.Guest

at oracle.apps.fnd.functionSecurity.Authorization.testFunction(Authorization.java:317)

at oracle.apps.fnd.functionSecurity.FunctionSecurity.testFunction(FunctionSecurity.java:376)

at oracle.apps.fnd.functionSecurity.FunctionSecurity.testFunction(FunctionSecurity.java:356)

at oracle.apps.fnd.umx.password.PasswordUtil.generateForgotPwdLinkPVT(PasswordUtil.java:135)

at oracle.apps.fnd.umx.password.PasswordUtil.generateForgotPwdUrl(PasswordUtil.java:221)

at _oa__html._AppsLocalLogin._jspService(_AppsLocalLogin.java:864)

at oracle.jsp.runtime.HttpJsp.service(HttpJsp.java:119)

at oracle.jsp.app.JspApplication.dispatchRequest(JspApplication.java:385)

at oracle.jsp.JspServlet.doDispatch(JspServlet.java:259)

at oracle.jsp.JspServlet.internalService(JspServlet.java:178)

at oracle.jsp.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:148)

at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:588)

at org.apache.jserv.JServConnection.processRequest(JServConnection.java:456)

at org.apache.jserv.JServConnection.run(JServConnection.java:294)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)

Issue was due to the fact that Operating System was unable to get enough contiguous swap space.  After adding swap file of 10GB, it worked fine.