diff --git a/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/filter/DynamicFilterTest.java b/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/filter/DynamicFilterTest.java
index 4c6f92e1b5..2be8592e09 100644
--- a/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/filter/DynamicFilterTest.java
+++ b/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/filter/DynamicFilterTest.java
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ public class DynamicFilterTest extends FunctionalTestCase {
 		session.enableFilter( "effectiveDate" ).setParameter( "asOfDate", new Date() );
 
 		Product prod = ( Product ) session.createCriteria( Product.class )
-		        .setResultTransformer( new DistinctRootEntityResultTransformer() )
+		        .setResultTransformer( DistinctRootEntityResultTransformer.INSTANCE )
 		        .add( Restrictions.eq( "id", testData.prod1Id ) )
 		        .uniqueResult();
 
diff --git a/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/hql/ASTParserLoadingTest.java b/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/hql/ASTParserLoadingTest.java
index 60730d213f..f6c1a8bc2d 100644
--- a/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/hql/ASTParserLoadingTest.java
+++ b/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/hql/ASTParserLoadingTest.java
@@ -1716,7 +1716,7 @@ public class ASTParserLoadingTest extends FunctionalTestCase {
 		session = openSession();
 
 		results = session.createQuery( "select a from Animal a, Animal b order by a.id" )
-				.setResultTransformer(new DistinctRootEntityResultTransformer())
+				.setResultTransformer( DistinctRootEntityResultTransformer.INSTANCE )
 				.list();
 		assertEquals( "Incorrect result size", 2, results.size());
 		assertTrue( "Incorrect return type", results.get(0) instanceof Animal );
diff --git a/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/idgen/enhanced/SequenceStyleConfigUnitTest.java b/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/idgen/enhanced/SequenceStyleConfigUnitTest.java
index 18338d8168..2a790effe0 100644
--- a/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/idgen/enhanced/SequenceStyleConfigUnitTest.java
+++ b/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/idgen/enhanced/SequenceStyleConfigUnitTest.java
@@ -66,15 +66,15 @@ public class SequenceStyleConfigUnitTest extends UnitTestCase {
 		Properties props = new Properties();
 		props.setProperty( SequenceStyleGenerator.INCREMENT_PARAM, "10" );
 
-		// for dialects which do not support pooled sequences, we default to hilo
+		// for dialects which do not support pooled sequences, we default to pooled+table
 		Dialect dialect = new SequenceDialect();
 		SequenceStyleGenerator generator = new SequenceStyleGenerator();
 		generator.configure( Hibernate.LONG, props, dialect );
-		assertClassAssignability( SequenceStructure.class, generator.getDatabaseStructure().getClass() );
-		assertClassAssignability( OptimizerFactory.HiLoOptimizer.class, generator.getOptimizer().getClass() );
+		assertClassAssignability( TableStructure.class, generator.getDatabaseStructure().getClass() );
+		assertClassAssignability( OptimizerFactory.PooledOptimizer.class, generator.getOptimizer().getClass() );
 		assertEquals( SequenceStyleGenerator.DEF_SEQUENCE_NAME, generator.getDatabaseStructure().getName() );
 
-		// for dialects which do support pooled sequences, we default to pooled
+		// for dialects which do support pooled sequences, we default to pooled+sequence
 		dialect = new PooledSequenceDialect();
 		generator = new SequenceStyleGenerator();
 		generator.configure( Hibernate.LONG, props, dialect );
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public class SequenceStyleConfigUnitTest extends UnitTestCase {
 	 */
 	public void testExplicitOptimizerWithExplicitIncrementSize() {
 		// with sequence ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-		Dialect dialect = new SequenceDialect();
+		final Dialect dialect = new SequenceDialect();
 
 		// optimizer=none w/ increment > 1 => should honor optimizer
 		Properties props = new Properties();
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ public class SequenceStyleConfigUnitTest extends UnitTestCase {
 		// optimizer=hilo w/ increment > 1 => hilo
 		props = new Properties();
 		props.setProperty( SequenceStyleGenerator.OPT_PARAM, OptimizerFactory.HILO );
-		props.setProperty( SequenceStyleGenerator.INCREMENT_PARAM, "20" );generator = new SequenceStyleGenerator();
+		props.setProperty( SequenceStyleGenerator.INCREMENT_PARAM, "20" );
+		generator = new SequenceStyleGenerator();
 		generator.configure( Hibernate.LONG, props, dialect );
 		assertClassAssignability( SequenceStructure.class, generator.getDatabaseStructure().getClass() );
 		assertClassAssignability( OptimizerFactory.HiLoOptimizer.class, generator.getOptimizer().getClass() );
@@ -147,8 +148,10 @@ public class SequenceStyleConfigUnitTest extends UnitTestCase {
 		props.setProperty( SequenceStyleGenerator.INCREMENT_PARAM, "20" );
 		generator = new SequenceStyleGenerator();
 		generator.configure( Hibernate.LONG, props, dialect );
-		assertClassAssignability( SequenceStructure.class, generator.getDatabaseStructure().getClass() );
-		assertClassAssignability( OptimizerFactory.HiLoOptimizer.class, generator.getOptimizer().getClass() );
+		// because the dialect reports to not support pooled seqyences, the expectation is that we will
+		// use a table for the backing structure...
+		assertClassAssignability( TableStructure.class, generator.getDatabaseStructure().getClass() );
+		assertClassAssignability( OptimizerFactory.PooledOptimizer.class, generator.getOptimizer().getClass() );
 		assertEquals( 20, generator.getOptimizer().getIncrementSize() );
 		assertEquals( 20, generator.getDatabaseStructure().getIncrementSize() );
 
diff --git a/testsuite/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/testsuite/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
index dee74ac910..ef5e69d6f3 100644
--- a/testsuite/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/testsuite/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ABSOLUTE} %5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n
 
 log4j.rootLogger=info, stdout
 
-log4j.logger.org.hibernate.test=info
\ No newline at end of file
+log4j.logger.org.hibernate.test=info
+log4j.logger.org.hibernate.tool.hbm2ddl=debug