diff --git a/src/helma/objectmodel/db/NodeManager.java b/src/helma/objectmodel/db/NodeManager.java
index 51bdbe07..010facb2 100644
--- a/src/helma/objectmodel/db/NodeManager.java
+++ b/src/helma/objectmodel/db/NodeManager.java
@@ -1611,7 +1611,6 @@ public final class NodeManager {
 
                 case Types.LONGVARBINARY:
                 case Types.LONGVARCHAR:
-
                     try {
                         newprop.setStringValue(rs.getString(i+1+offset));
                     } catch (SQLException x) {
@@ -1667,7 +1666,7 @@ public final class NodeManager {
                     isr.read(c);
                     newprop.setStringValue(String.copyValueOf(c));
                     break;
-                // continue;
+
                 default:
                     newprop.setStringValue(rs.getString(i+1+offset));
 
@@ -1900,7 +1899,6 @@ public final class NodeManager {
 
                 case Types.LONGVARBINARY:
                 case Types.LONGVARCHAR:
-                case Types.CLOB:
                     try {
                         stmt.setString(stmtNumber, p.getStringValue());
                     } catch (SQLException x) {
@@ -1913,6 +1911,13 @@ public final class NodeManager {
 
                     break;
 
+                case Types.CLOB:
+                    String val = p.getStringValue();
+                    Reader isr = new StringReader (val);
+                    stmt.setCharacterStream (stmtNumber,isr, val.length());
+                    
+                    break;
+
                 case Types.CHAR:
                 case Types.VARCHAR:
                 case Types.OTHER: