diff --git a/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/store/jdbc/adapter/MySqlJDBCAdapter.java b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/store/jdbc/adapter/MySqlJDBCAdapter.java
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+/**
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You 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.apache.activemq.store.jdbc.adapter;
+
+import org.apache.activemq.store.jdbc.Statements;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @version $Revision$
+ */
+public class MySqlJDBCAdapter extends DefaultJDBCAdapter {
+
+    public void setStatements(Statements statements) {
+        statements.setLockCreateStatement("LOCK TABLE " + statements.getFullLockTableName() + " WRITE");
+        statements.setBinaryDataType("LONGBLOB");
+        super.setStatements(statements);
+    }    
+}