diff --git a/samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/dao/SqlNflPlayerDao.java b/samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/dao/SqlNflPlayerDao.java
index d50075d04..3b14745b1 100644
--- a/samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/dao/SqlNflPlayerDao.java
+++ b/samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/dao/SqlNflPlayerDao.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate;
 public class SqlNflPlayerDao implements NflPlayerDao, InitializingBean {
 
 	public static final String INSERT_PLAYER = "INSERT into players(player_id, " +
-			"last_name, first_name, position, year_of_birth, year_drafted)" +
+			"last_name, first_name, pos, year_of_birth, year_drafted)" +
 			" values (?,?,?,?,?,?)";
 	
 	DataSource dataSource;
diff --git a/samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/domain/NflGame.java b/samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/domain/NflGame.java
index 4e7c57a00..df9f2e064 100644
--- a/samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/domain/NflGame.java
+++ b/samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/domain/NflGame.java
@@ -199,4 +199,9 @@ public class NflGame {
 	}
 	
 	
+	public String toString() {
+
+		return "NFL Game: ID=" + id + " " + team + " vs. " + opponent + 
+		" - " + year;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/domain/NflPlayerSummary.java b/samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/domain/NflPlayerSummary.java
index bc46c08f5..991983517 100644
--- a/samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/domain/NflPlayerSummary.java
+++ b/samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/domain/NflPlayerSummary.java
@@ -95,4 +95,8 @@ public class NflPlayerSummary {
 		this.totalTd = totalTd;
 	}
 	
+	
+	public String toString() {
+		return "NFL Player Summary: ID=" + id + " Year=" + year;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/samples/src/main/resources/business-schema-hsqldb.sql b/samples/src/main/resources/business-schema-hsqldb.sql
index 24911653c..5ccd0af17 100644
--- a/samples/src/main/resources/business-schema-hsqldb.sql
+++ b/samples/src/main/resources/business-schema-hsqldb.sql
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ INSERT INTO customer (id, version, name, credit) VALUES (3, 0, 'customer3', 1000
 INSERT INTO customer (id, version, name, credit) VALUES (4, 0, 'customer4', 100000);
 
 CREATE TABLE PLAYERS (
-	PLAYER_ID char(8) not null primary key,
+	PLAYER_ID char(8) primary key,
 	LAST_NAME varchar(35) not null,
 	FIRST_NAME varchar(25) not null,
-	POSITION varchar(10),
-	YEAR_OF_BIRTH integer not null,
-	YEAR_DRAFTED integer not null);
+	POS varchar(10),
+	YEAR_OF_BIRTH BIGINT not null,
+	YEAR_DRAFTED BIGINT not null);
 
 CREATE TABLE GAMES (
    PLAYER_ID char(8) not null,
diff --git a/samples/src/main/resources/data-source-context.xml b/samples/src/main/resources/data-source-context.xml
index 2839e4b56..4645b978a 100644
--- a/samples/src/main/resources/data-source-context.xml
+++ b/samples/src/main/resources/data-source-context.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.0.xsd
 	http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-2.0.xsd">
 
-	<!--  Initialise the database before every test case: -->
+	<!--  Initialise the database before every test case: -->
+	<import resource="data-source-context-init.xml"/>
 
 	<bean id="dataSource" class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource">
 		<property name="driverClassName" value="${batch.jdbc.driver}" />