diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/batch.properties b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/batch.properties
index 529be7db0..024830388 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/batch.properties
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/batch.properties
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ batch.database.vendor=HSQLDB
 batch.schema.script=schema-hsqldb.sql
 batch.business.schema.script=business-schema-hsqldb.sql
 batch.database.incrementer.class=org.springframework.jdbc.support.incrementer.HsqlMaxValueIncrementer
+batch.lob.handler.class=org.springframework.jdbc.support.lob.DefaultLobHandler
+batch.football.job.commit.interval=2
+
 
 # Other platforms:
 # org.springframework.jdbc.support.incrementer.DB2SequenceMaxValueIncrementer
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/data-source-context.xml b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/data-source-context.xml
index 452da172a..dcd614ab9 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/data-source-context.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/data-source-context.xml
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@
 		<property name="ignoreUnresolvablePlaceholders" value="false" />
 		<property name="order" value="1" />
 	</bean>
+	
+	<bean id="lobHandler" class="${batch.lob.handler.class}"/>
 
 	<bean id="incrementerParent"
 		class="${batch.database.incrementer.class}" abstract="true">
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/parallelJob.xml b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/parallelJob.xml
index 92b71cae9..70b86174c 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/parallelJob.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/parallelJob.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 							<aop:scoped-proxy />
 							<property name="dataSource"
 								ref="dataSource" />
+							<property name="lobHandler"
+								ref="lobHandler" />
 							<property name="incrementer">
 								<bean parent="incrementerParent">
 									<property name="incrementerName"
@@ -50,6 +52,8 @@
 							class="org.springframework.batch.sample.item.reader.StagingItemReader"
 							scope="step">
 							<aop:scoped-proxy />
+							<property name="lobHandler"
+								ref="lobHandler" />
 							<property name="dataSource"
 								ref="dataSource" />
 						</bean>