diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/batch.properties b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/batch.properties
index ca92d3c06..d787e6f81 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/batch.properties
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/batch.properties
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Placeholders batch.*
 #    for HSQLDB:
 batch.jdbc.driver=org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver
-# batch.jdbc.url=jdbc:hsqldb:mem:testdb;sql.enforce_strict_size=true
+batch.jdbc.url=jdbc:hsqldb:mem:testdb;sql.enforce_strict_size=true
 # use this one for a separate server process (so you can inspect the results)
-batch.jdbc.url=jdbc:hsqldb:hsql://localhost:9005/samples
+# batch.jdbc.url=jdbc:hsqldb:hsql://localhost:9005/samples
 batch.jdbc.user=sa
 batch.jdbc.password=
 batch.schema=