diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/jpa/ql/DestinationEntity.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/jpa/ql/DestinationEntity.java
index 72bdaf529b..45fc6acf84 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/jpa/ql/DestinationEntity.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/jpa/ql/DestinationEntity.java
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ import javax.persistence.Table;
 @Table(name = "destination_entity")
 @NamedNativeQueries({
 		@NamedNativeQuery(name = "DestinationEntity.insertSelect", query = "insert into destination_entity(id, from_id, fullNameFrom) "
-				+ " select fe.id, fe.id, fe.name||fe.lastName from from_entity fe where fe.id in (:ids)"),
+				+ " select fe.id, fe.id, concat(fe.name, fe.lastName) from from_entity fe where fe.id in (:ids)"),
 		@NamedNativeQuery(name = "DestinationEntity.insert", query = "insert into destination_entity(id, from_id, fullNameFrom) "
 				+ "values (:generatedId, :fromId, :fullName)"),
 		@NamedNativeQuery(name = "DestinationEntity.update", query = "update destination_entity set from_id=:idFrom, fullNameFrom=:fullName"
 				+ " where id in (:ids)"),
-		@NamedNativeQuery(name = "DestinationEntity.delete", query = "delete destination_entity where id in (:ids)"),
+		@NamedNativeQuery(name = "DestinationEntity.delete", query = "delete from destination_entity where id in (:ids)"),
 		@NamedNativeQuery(name = "DestinationEntity.selectIds", query = "select id, from_id, fullNameFrom from destination_entity where id in (:ids)") })
 public class DestinationEntity {
 
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/jpa/ql/NamedNativeQueryTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/jpa/ql/NamedNativeQueryTest.java
index 9c7c4ab727..88baf016ad 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/jpa/ql/NamedNativeQueryTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/jpa/ql/NamedNativeQueryTest.java
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 import org.hibernate.Query;
 import org.hibernate.Session;
+import org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect;
+import org.hibernate.testing.SkipForDialect;
 import org.hibernate.testing.junit4.BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -82,8 +84,10 @@ public class NamedNativeQueryTest extends BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase {
 		Object[] unique = (Object[]) select.uniqueResult();
 		session.close();
 
-		assertEquals( destination.id, unique[0] );
-		assertEquals( destination.from.id, unique[1] );
+		// Compare the Strings, not the actual IDs.  Can come back as, for ex,
+		// a BigDecimal in Oracle.
+		assertEquals( destination.id + "", unique[0] + "" );
+		assertEquals( destination.from.id + "", unique[1] + "" );
 		assertEquals( destination.fullNameFrom, unique[2] );
 	}
 
@@ -111,8 +115,10 @@ public class NamedNativeQueryTest extends BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase {
 		for ( int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++ ) {
 			Object[] object = (Object[]) list.get( i );
 			DestinationEntity destination = destinations.get( i );
-			assertEquals( destination.id, object[0] );
-			assertEquals( destination.from.id, object[1] );
+			// Compare the Strings, not the actual IDs.  Can come back as, for ex,
+			// a BigDecimal in Oracle.
+			assertEquals( destination.id + "", object[0] + "" );
+			assertEquals( destination.from.id + "", object[1] + "" );
 			assertEquals( destination.fullNameFrom, object[2] );
 		}
 	}
@@ -145,6 +151,9 @@ public class NamedNativeQueryTest extends BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase {
 	}
 
 	@Test
+	@SkipForDialect( value = MySQLDialect.class,
+			comment = "MySQL appears to have trouble with fe.id selected twice in one statement")
+	// TODO: Re-form DestinationEntity.insertSelect to something more supported?
 	public void testInsertMultipleValues() {
 		final String name = "Name";
 		final String lastName = "LastName";