diff --git a/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/store/jdbc/adapter/MaxDBJDBCAdapter.java b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/store/jdbc/adapter/MaxDBJDBCAdapter.java
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+/**
+ * 
+ * Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * 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.apache.activemq.store.jdbc.adapter;
+
+import org.apache.activemq.store.jdbc.Statements;
+
+/**
+ * JDBC Adapter for the MaxDB database.
+ */
+public class MaxDBJDBCAdapter extends DefaultJDBCAdapter {
+
+    public void setStatements(Statements statements) {
+        statements.setBinaryDataType("LONG BYTE");
+        statements.setStringIdDataType("VARCHAR(250) ASCII");
+        statements.setContainerNameDataType("VARCHAR(250) ASCII");
+        statements.setLongDataType("INTEGER");
+        super.setStatements(statements);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/activemq-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org/apache/activemq/store/jdbc/sap_db b/activemq-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org/apache/activemq/store/jdbc/sap_db
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+class=org.apache.activemq.store.jdbc.adapter.MaxDBJDBCAdapter
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