ModeShape unit tests are failing with DB2 9.7

These tests are failing
org.modeshape.connector.store.jpa.JpaConnectorWritingTest.shouldStoreManyPropertiesOnANode
org.modeshape.connector.store.jpa.JpaConnectorWritingTest.shouldUpdateSmallPropertiesOnANode
org.modeshape.connector.store.jpa.JpaConnectorWritingTest.shouldUpdateLargePropertiesOnANode
org.modeshape.connector.store.jpa.model.simple.SimpleJpaConnectorWritableTest.shouldStoreLargeBinaryValue
org.modeshape.connector.store.jpa.model.simple.SimpleJpaConnectorWritableTest.shouldStoreManyPropertiesOnANode
org.modeshape.connector.store.jpa.model.simple.SimpleJpaConnectorWritableTest.shouldUpdateSmallPropertiesOnANode
org.modeshape.connector.store.jpa.model.simple.SimpleJpaConnectorWritableTest.shouldUpdateLargePropertiesOnANode

when executed against DB2 9.7 with error
DB2 SQL Error: SQLCODE=-302, SQLSTATE=22001, SQLERRMC=null, DRIVER=4.9.78

See
http://hudson.qa.jboss.com/hudson/view/SOA-Release/job/soa-modeshape-db-openjdk16/4/DATABASE=db2-97,jdk=openjdk-local,label=RHEL5_any/#showFailuresLink for details

To allocate testing database use
http://dballocator.mw.lab.eng.bos.redhat.com:8080/Allocator/AllocatorServlet?operation=alloc&label=db2-97&requestee=ModeShapeIssue&expiry=240

To deallocate use
http://dballocator.mw.lab.eng.bos.redhat.com:8080/Allocator/AllocatorServlet?operation=report