diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/iosample/delimited.xml b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/iosample/delimited.xml
index 6333f2651..59bfe1750 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/iosample/delimited.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/iosample/delimited.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 		<property name="resource" value="#{jobParameters[fileName]}" />
 	</bean>
 
-	<bean id="itemReaderForTest" parent="itemReaderParent" >
+	<bean id="itemReaderForTest" parent="itemReaderParent" scope="prototype" >
 		<property name="resource" value="data/iosample/input/delimited.csv" />
 	</bean>
 
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/iosample/jdbcPaging.xml b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/iosample/jdbcPaging.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7db6414d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/iosample/jdbcPaging.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop" xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
+	xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.0.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop-2.0.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-2.0.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-2.0.xsd">
+
+	<bean id="itemReaderForTest" class="org.springframework.batch.item.database.JdbcCursorItemReader">
+		<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource"/>
+		<property name="sql" value="select ID, NAME, CREDIT from CUSTOMER"/>
+		<property name="rowMapper">
+			<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.CustomerCreditRowMapper"/>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="itemReader"
+		class="org.springframework.batch.item.database.JdbcPagingItemReader" autowire-candidate="false"
+				scope="step">
+		<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
+		<property name="rowMapper">
+			<bean
+				class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.CustomerCreditRowMapper" />
+		</property>
+		<property name="queryProvider">
+			<bean
+				class="org.springframework.batch.item.database.support.SqlPagingQueryProviderFactoryBean">
+				<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
+				<property name="sortKey" value="ID" />
+				<property name="selectClause" value="select ID, NAME, CREDIT"/>
+				<property name="fromClause" value="FROM CUSTOMER" />
+				<property name="whereClause"
+					value="WHERE CREDIT > :credit" />
+			</bean>
+		</property>
+		<property name="pageSize" value="10" />
+		<property name="parameterValues">
+			<map>
+				<entry key="statusCode" value="PE" />
+				<entry key="credit" value="#{jobParameters[credit]}" />
+				<entry key="type" value="COLLECTION" />
+			</map>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="itemWriter"
+		class="org.springframework.batch.item.database.JdbcBatchItemWriter">
+		<property name="assertUpdates" value="true" />
+		<property name="itemSqlParameterSourceProvider">
+			<bean
+				class="org.springframework.batch.item.database.BeanPropertyItemSqlParameterSourceProvider" />
+		</property>
+		<property name="sql"
+			value="UPDATE customer set credit = :credit where id = :id" />
+		<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
+	</bean>
+
+</beans>
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/log4j.properties b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
index 168d462ec..d65988c7f 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+log4j.rootLogger=info, stdout
+# log4j.rootLogger=info, stdout, chainsaw
+
 ### direct log messages to stdout ###
 log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
 log4j.appender.stdout.Target=System.out
@@ -14,9 +17,6 @@ log4j.appender.chainsaw.layout=org.apache.log4j.xml.XMLLayout
 
 ### set log levels - for more verbose logging change 'info' to 'debug' ###
 
-log4j.rootLogger=info, stdout
-# log4j.rootLogger=info, stdout, chainsaw
-
 ### enable the following line if you want to track down connection ###
 ### leakages when using DriverManagerConnectionProvider ###
 #log4j.logger.org.hibernate.connection.DriverManagerConnectionProvider=trace
@@ -30,5 +30,3 @@ log4j.rootLogger=info, stdout
 ###  debug your specific package or classes with the following example
 log4j.logger.org.springframework.batch=debug
 log4j.logger.org.springframework.batch.sample=debug
-log4j.logger.org.springframework.batch.sample.module.OrderDataProvider=debug
-log4j.logger.org.springframework.batch.container.common.module.process.support.DefaultXmlDataProvider=debug
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/iosample/JdbcPagingFunctionalTests.java b/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/iosample/JdbcPagingFunctionalTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..84b2b28d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/iosample/JdbcPagingFunctionalTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2006-2007 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.batch.sample.iosample;
+
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.JobParameters;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.JobParametersBuilder;
+import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemReader;
+import org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.CustomerCredit;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+/**
+ * @author Dan Garrette
+ * @since 2.0
+ */
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration(locations = { "/simple-job-launcher-context.xml", "/jobs/ioSampleJob.xml",
+		"/jobs/iosample/jdbcPaging.xml" })
+public class JdbcPagingFunctionalTests extends AbstractIoSampleTests {
+
+	@Override
+	protected void pointReaderToOutput(ItemReader<CustomerCredit> reader) {
+		// no-op
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	protected JobParameters getUniqueJobParameters() {
+		return new JobParametersBuilder(super.getUniqueJobParameters()).addDouble("credit", 10000.).toJobParameters();
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/iosample/TwoJobInstancesDelimitedFunctionalTests.java b/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/iosample/TwoJobInstancesDelimitedFunctionalTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bbc3d5d3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/iosample/TwoJobInstancesDelimitedFunctionalTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2006-2007 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.batch.sample.iosample;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.BatchStatus;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.JobExecution;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.JobParameters;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.JobParametersBuilder;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.job.AbstractJob;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.launch.JobLauncher;
+import org.springframework.batch.item.ExecutionContext;
+import org.springframework.batch.item.file.FlatFileItemReader;
+import org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.CustomerCredit;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+/**
+ * @author Dave Syer
+ * @since 2.0
+ */
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration(locations = { "/simple-job-launcher-context.xml", "/jobs/ioSampleJob.xml",
+		"/jobs/iosample/delimited.xml" })
+public class TwoJobInstancesDelimitedFunctionalTests {
+
+	@Autowired
+	private JobLauncher launcher;
+
+	@Autowired
+	private AbstractJob job;
+
+	@Autowired
+	private FlatFileItemReader<CustomerCredit> reader;
+
+	@Autowired
+	private Resource outputResource;
+
+	@Test
+	public void testLaunchJobTwice() throws Exception {
+		JobExecution jobExecution = launcher.run(this.job, getJobParameters("data/iosample/input/delimited.csv"));
+		assertEquals(BatchStatus.COMPLETED, jobExecution.getStatus());
+		verifyOutput(6);
+		jobExecution = launcher.run(this.job, getJobParameters("data/iosample/input/delimited2.csv"));
+		assertEquals(BatchStatus.COMPLETED, jobExecution.getStatus());
+		verifyOutput(2);
+	}
+
+	private void verifyOutput(int expected) throws Exception {
+
+		reader.setResource(outputResource);
+		reader.open(new ExecutionContext());
+
+		int count = 0;
+		try {
+			while (reader.read() != null) {
+				count++;
+			}
+		}
+		finally {
+			reader.close();
+		}
+
+		assertEquals(expected, count);
+
+	}
+
+	protected JobParameters getJobParameters(String fileName) {
+		return new JobParametersBuilder().addLong("timestamp", new Date().getTime()).addString("fileName", fileName)
+				.toJobParameters();
+	}
+
+}
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diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/iosample/TwoJobInstancesPagingFunctionalTests.java b/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/iosample/TwoJobInstancesPagingFunctionalTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c89e9a11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/iosample/TwoJobInstancesPagingFunctionalTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2006-2007 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.batch.sample.iosample;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.BatchStatus;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.JobExecution;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.JobParameters;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.JobParametersBuilder;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.job.AbstractJob;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.launch.JobLauncher;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+/**
+ * @author Dave Syer
+ * @since 2.0
+ */
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration(locations = { "/simple-job-launcher-context.xml", "/jobs/ioSampleJob.xml",
+		"/jobs/iosample/jdbcPaging.xml" })
+public class TwoJobInstancesPagingFunctionalTests {
+
+	@Autowired
+	private JobLauncher launcher;
+
+	@Autowired
+	private AbstractJob job;
+
+	@Test
+	public void testLaunchJobTwice() throws Exception {
+		JobExecution jobExecution = launcher.run(this.job, getJobParameters(1000.));
+		assertEquals(BatchStatus.COMPLETED, jobExecution.getStatus());
+		assertEquals(4, jobExecution.getStepExecutions().iterator().next().getWriteCount());
+		jobExecution = launcher.run(this.job, getJobParameters(1000000.));
+		assertEquals(BatchStatus.COMPLETED, jobExecution.getStatus());
+		assertEquals(0, jobExecution.getStepExecutions().iterator().next().getWriteCount());
+	}
+
+	protected JobParameters getJobParameters(double amount) {
+		return new JobParametersBuilder().addLong("timestamp", new Date().getTime()).addDouble("credit", amount)
+				.toJobParameters();
+	}
+
+}
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