diff --git a/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/jpa/ql/NativeQueryTest.java b/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/jpa/ql/NativeQueryTest.java
index 9c5b0fa456..e548dae2a9 100644
--- a/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/jpa/ql/NativeQueryTest.java
+++ b/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/jpa/ql/NativeQueryTest.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public class NativeQueryTest extends AbstractJPATest {
 	public void testJpaStylePositionalParametersInNativeSql() {
 		Session s = openSession();
 		s.beginTransaction();
-		s.createSQLQuery( "select NAME from EJB3_ITEM where ITEM_ID = ?1" ).setParameter( "1", "123" ).list();
+		s.createSQLQuery( "select NAME from EJB3_ITEM where ITEM_ID = ?1" ).setParameter( "1", new Long( 123 ) ).list();
 		s.getTransaction().commit();
 		s.close();
 	}
diff --git a/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/legacy/FooBarTest.java b/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/legacy/FooBarTest.java
index 355977830d..6e12fcf7eb 100644
--- a/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/legacy/FooBarTest.java
+++ b/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/legacy/FooBarTest.java
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ import org.hibernate.dialect.OracleDialect;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.PointbaseDialect;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.SAPDBDialect;
+import org.hibernate.dialect.SQLServerDialect;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.SybaseDialect;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.TimesTenDialect;
 import org.hibernate.engine.SessionFactoryImplementor;
@@ -2135,7 +2136,7 @@ public class FooBarTest extends LegacyTestCase {
 			s.find("select count(*) from Baz as baz where 1 in indices(baz.fooArray)");
 			s.find("select count(*) from Bar as bar where 'abc' in elements(bar.baz.fooArray)");
 			s.find("select count(*) from Bar as bar where 1 in indices(bar.baz.fooArray)");
-			if ( !(getDialect() instanceof DB2Dialect) &&  !(getDialect() instanceof Oracle9Dialect) && !(getDialect() instanceof Oracle8iDialect ) ) {
+			if ( !(getDialect() instanceof DB2Dialect) &&  !(getDialect() instanceof Oracle9Dialect) && !(getDialect() instanceof Oracle8iDialect ) && !( getDialect() instanceof SybaseDialect && !(getDialect() instanceof SQLServerDialect ) ) ) {
 				s.find("select count(*) from Bar as bar, bar.component.glarch.proxyArray as g where g.id in indices(bar.baz.fooArray)");
 				s.find("select max( elements(bar.baz.fooArray) ) from Bar as bar, bar.component.glarch.proxyArray as g where g.id in indices(bar.baz.fooArray)");
 			}