Index: src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/persistence/bundle/BundleDbPersistenceManager.java
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--- src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/persistence/bundle/BundleDbPersistenceManager.java	(revision 1029616)
+++ src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/persistence/bundle/BundleDbPersistenceManager.java	(working copy)
@@ -841,8 +841,7 @@
                         if (!bRs.next()) {
                             throw new SQLException("bundle cannot be retrieved?");
                         }
-                        Blob blob = bRs.getBlob(1);
-                        data = getBytes(blob);
+                        data = getBytes(bRs);
                     } finally {
                         closeResultSet(bRs);
                     }
@@ -1100,7 +1099,7 @@
             if (!rs.next()) {
                 return null;
             }
-            byte[] bytes = getBytes(rs.getBlob(1));
+            byte[] bytes = getBytes(rs);
 
             try {
                 NodePropBundle bundle =
@@ -1124,12 +1123,13 @@
     /**
      * Reads the blob's bytes and returns it. this is a helper method to
      * circumvent issue JCR-1039 and JCR-1474
-     * @param blob blob to read
+     * @param bRs result set with blob as first item to read
      * @return bytes of the blob
      * @throws SQLException if an SQL error occurs
      * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
      */
-    private byte[] getBytes(Blob blob) throws SQLException, IOException {
+    protected byte[] getBytes(ResultSet bRs) throws SQLException, IOException {
+    	Blob blob = bRs.getBlob(1);
         InputStream in = null;
         try {
             long length = blob.length();
Index: src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/persistence/bundle/PostgreSQLPersistenceManager.java
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--- src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/persistence/bundle/PostgreSQLPersistenceManager.java	(revision 1029616)
+++ src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/persistence/bundle/PostgreSQLPersistenceManager.java	(working copy)
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.jackrabbit.core.persistence.bundle;
 
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.core.id.NodeId;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.core.persistence.PMContext;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.core.persistence.util.NodePropBundle;
@@ -24,7 +25,10 @@
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.sql.Blob;
 import java.sql.ResultSet;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.sql.Statement;
@@ -115,4 +119,29 @@
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Reads the blob's bytes and returns it.
+     * 
+     * @param bRs result set with blob as first item to read
+     * @return bytes of the blob
+     * @throws SQLException if an SQL error occurs
+     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
+     */
+    @Override
+    protected byte[] getBytes(ResultSet bRs) throws SQLException, IOException {
+        InputStream in = bRs.getBinaryStream(1);
+        ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        byte[] buff = new byte[1024];
+        int read;
+        try {
+            while ((read = in.read(buff)) >= 0)
+          		out.write(buff, 0, read);
+            out.flush();
+    		return out.toByteArray();
+        } finally {
+            IOUtils.closeQuietly(in);
+            IOUtils.closeQuietly(out);
+        }
+    }
+
 }