? sites/default/modules
? sites/default/settings.php
Index: includes/form.inc
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/includes/form.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.289
diff -u -p -r1.289 form.inc
--- includes/form.inc	27 Sep 2008 19:47:42 -0000	1.289
+++ includes/form.inc	8 Oct 2008 17:52:07 -0000
@@ -2568,8 +2568,10 @@ function batch_process($redirect = NULL,
 
       // Initiate db storage in order to get a batch id. We have to provide
       // at least an empty string for the (not null) 'token' column.
-      db_query("INSERT INTO {batch} (token, timestamp) VALUES ('', %d)", REQUEST_TIME);
-      $batch['id'] = db_last_insert_id('batch', 'bid');
+      $batch['id'] = db_insert('batch')->fields(array(
+        'token' => '',
+        'timestamp' => time(),
+      ))->execute();
 
       // Now that we have a batch id, we can generate the redirection link in
       // the generic error message.
@@ -2577,7 +2579,10 @@ function batch_process($redirect = NULL,
       $batch['error_message'] = $t('Please continue to <a href="@error_url">the error page</a>', array('@error_url' => url($url, array('query' => array('id' => $batch['id'], 'op' => 'finished')))));
 
       // Actually store the batch data and the token generated form the batch id.
-      db_query("UPDATE {batch} SET token = '%s', batch = '%s' WHERE bid = %d", drupal_get_token($batch['id']), serialize($batch), $batch['id']);
+      db_update('batch')->fields(array(
+        'token' => drupal_get_token($batch['id']),
+        'batch' => serialize($batch)
+      ))->condition('bid', $batch['id'])->execute();
 
       drupal_goto($batch['url'], 'op=start&id=' . $batch['id']);
     }
Index: modules/system/system.install
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/system/system.install,v
retrieving revision 1.269
diff -u -p -r1.269 system.install
--- modules/system/system.install	27 Sep 2008 20:16:17 -0000	1.269
+++ modules/system/system.install	8 Oct 2008 17:52:08 -0000
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ function system_schema() {
       ),
       'batch' => array(
         'description' => t('A serialized array containing the processing data for the batch.'),
-        'type' => 'text',
+        'type' => 'blob',
         'not null' => FALSE,
         'size' => 'big',
       ),
@@ -3048,6 +3048,16 @@ function system_update_7010() {
 }
 
 /**
+ * Remap {batch}.batch as BLOB type.
+ */
+function system_update_7011() {
+  $ret = array();
+  db_change_field($ret, 'batch', 'batch', 'batch', array('type' => 'blob', 'not null' => FALSE, 'size' => 'big'));
+
+  return $ret;
+}
+
+/**
  * @} End of "defgroup updates-6.x-to-7.x"
  * The next series of updates should start at 8000.
  */