diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/TablePrefixTests.java b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/TablePrefixTests.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2006-2008 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.core.repository.dao;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import javax.sql.DataSource;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.JobParameters;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.repository.JobRepository;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.jdbc.core.simple.SimpleJdbcTemplate;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+import org.springframework.test.jdbc.SimpleJdbcTestUtils;
+
+@ContextConfiguration
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+public class TablePrefixTests {
+
+	@Autowired
+	private JobRepository jobRepository;
+
+	private SimpleJdbcTemplate simpleJdbcTemplate;
+
+	@Autowired
+	public void setDataSource(DataSource dataSource) {
+		this.simpleJdbcTemplate = new SimpleJdbcTemplate(dataSource);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testJobLaunch() throws Exception {
+		jobRepository.createJobExecution("prefix-test", new JobParameters());
+		assertEquals(1, SimpleJdbcTestUtils.countRowsInTable(simpleJdbcTemplate, "PREFIX_JOB_INSTANCE"));
+	}
+}
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/TablePrefixTests-context.xml b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/TablePrefixTests-context.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.0.xsd">
+
+	<bean class="test.jdbc.datasource.DataSourceInitializer">
+		<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
+		<property name="initScripts">
+			<list>
+				<value>org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/schema-prefix-hsqldb.sql</value>
+			</list>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="dataSource" class="org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource">
+		<property name="driverClassName" value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />
+		<property name="url" value="jdbc:hsqldb:mem:testdb;sql.enforce_strict_size=true" />
+		<property name="username" value="sa" />
+		<property name="password" value="" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DataSourceTransactionManager">
+		<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="jobRepository" class="org.springframework.batch.core.repository.support.JobRepositoryFactoryBean">
+		<property name="tablePrefix" value="PREFIX_" />
+		<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
+		<property name="transactionManager" ref="transactionManager" />
+	</bean>
+
+</beans>
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diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/schema-prefix-hsqldb.sql b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/schema-prefix-hsqldb.sql
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+CREATE TABLE PREFIX_JOB_INSTANCE  (
+	JOB_INSTANCE_ID BIGINT IDENTITY NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY ,  
+	VERSION BIGINT ,  
+	JOB_NAME VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL, 
+	JOB_KEY VARCHAR(32) NOT NULL,
+	constraint JOB_INST_UN unique (JOB_NAME, JOB_KEY)
+) ;
+
+CREATE TABLE PREFIX_JOB_EXECUTION  (
+	JOB_EXECUTION_ID BIGINT IDENTITY NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY ,
+	VERSION BIGINT  ,  
+	JOB_INSTANCE_ID BIGINT NOT NULL,
+	CREATE_TIME TIMESTAMP NOT NULL,
+	START_TIME TIMESTAMP DEFAULT NULL , 
+	END_TIME TIMESTAMP DEFAULT NULL ,
+	STATUS VARCHAR(10) ,
+	EXIT_CODE VARCHAR(20) ,
+	EXIT_MESSAGE VARCHAR(2500) ,
+	LAST_UPDATED TIMESTAMP,
+	constraint JOB_INST_EXEC_FK foreign key (JOB_INSTANCE_ID)
+	references PREFIX_JOB_INSTANCE(JOB_INSTANCE_ID)
+) ;
+	
+CREATE TABLE PREFIX_JOB_PARAMS  (
+	JOB_INSTANCE_ID BIGINT NOT NULL ,
+	TYPE_CD VARCHAR(6) NOT NULL ,
+	KEY_NAME VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL , 
+	STRING_VAL VARCHAR(250) , 
+	DATE_VAL TIMESTAMP DEFAULT NULL ,
+	LONG_VAL BIGINT ,
+	DOUBLE_VAL DOUBLE PRECISION ,
+	constraint JOB_INST_PARAMS_FK foreign key (JOB_INSTANCE_ID)
+	references PREFIX_JOB_INSTANCE(JOB_INSTANCE_ID)
+) ;
+	
+CREATE TABLE PREFIX_STEP_EXECUTION  (
+	STEP_EXECUTION_ID BIGINT IDENTITY NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY ,
+	VERSION BIGINT NOT NULL,  
+	STEP_NAME VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
+	JOB_EXECUTION_ID BIGINT NOT NULL,
+	START_TIME TIMESTAMP NOT NULL , 
+	END_TIME TIMESTAMP DEFAULT NULL ,  
+	STATUS VARCHAR(10) ,
+	COMMIT_COUNT BIGINT , 
+	READ_COUNT BIGINT ,
+	FILTER_COUNT BIGINT ,
+	WRITE_COUNT BIGINT ,
+	READ_SKIP_COUNT BIGINT ,
+	WRITE_SKIP_COUNT BIGINT ,
+	PROCESS_SKIP_COUNT BIGINT ,
+	ROLLBACK_COUNT BIGINT , 
+	EXIT_CODE VARCHAR(20) ,
+	EXIT_MESSAGE VARCHAR(2500) ,
+	LAST_UPDATED TIMESTAMP,
+	constraint JOB_EXEC_STEP_FK foreign key (JOB_EXECUTION_ID)
+	references PREFIX_JOB_EXECUTION(JOB_EXECUTION_ID)
+) ;
+
+CREATE TABLE PREFIX_STEP_EXECUTION_CONTEXT  (
+	STEP_EXECUTION_ID BIGINT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
+	SHORT_CONTEXT VARCHAR(2500) NOT NULL,
+	SERIALIZED_CONTEXT LONGVARCHAR , 
+	constraint STEP_EXEC_CTX_FK foreign key (STEP_EXECUTION_ID)
+	references PREFIX_STEP_EXECUTION(STEP_EXECUTION_ID)
+) ;
+
+CREATE TABLE PREFIX_JOB_EXECUTION_CONTEXT  (
+	JOB_EXECUTION_ID BIGINT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
+	SHORT_CONTEXT VARCHAR(2500) NOT NULL,
+	SERIALIZED_CONTEXT LONGVARCHAR , 
+	constraint JOB_EXEC_CTX_FK foreign key (JOB_EXECUTION_ID)
+	references PREFIX_JOB_EXECUTION(JOB_EXECUTION_ID)
+) ;
+
+CREATE TABLE PREFIX_STEP_EXECUTION_SEQ (
+	ID BIGINT IDENTITY
+);
+CREATE TABLE PREFIX_JOB_EXECUTION_SEQ (
+	ID BIGINT IDENTITY
+);
+CREATE TABLE PREFIX_JOB_SEQ (
+	ID BIGINT IDENTITY
+);