diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Connection.php b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Connection.php
index af45463b1..186f25d46 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Connection.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Connection.php
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ class Connection
         } else {
             $result = $this->_conn->exec($query);
         }
-        
+
         $this->_queryCount++;
         
         return $result;
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Platforms/AbstractPlatform.php b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Platforms/AbstractPlatform.php
index 2338377fa..53dda5570 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Platforms/AbstractPlatform.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Platforms/AbstractPlatform.php
@@ -762,8 +762,7 @@ abstract class AbstractPlatform
     public function getDecimalTypeDeclarationSql(array $columnDef) 
     {
         $columnDef['precision'] = ( ! isset($columnDef['precision']) || empty($columnDef['precision']))
-            ? (( ! isset($columnDef['length']) || empty($columnDef['length'])) ? 10 : $columnDef['length']) 
-            : $columnDef['precision'];
+            ? 10 : $columnDef['precision'];
         $columnDef['scale'] = ( ! isset($columnDef['scale']) || empty($columnDef['scale']))
             ? 0 : $columnDef['scale'];
         
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/OrmFunctionalTestCase.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/OrmFunctionalTestCase.php
index 105d2fee2..afdc9e9a2 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/OrmFunctionalTestCase.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/OrmFunctionalTestCase.php
@@ -72,40 +72,45 @@ class OrmFunctionalTestCase extends OrmTestCase
     protected function tearDown()
     {
         $conn = $this->sharedFixture['conn'];
+        
         if (isset($this->_usedModelSets['cms'])) {
-            $conn->executeUpdate('DELETE FROM cms_users_groups');
-            $conn->executeUpdate('DELETE FROM cms_groups');
-            $conn->executeUpdate('DELETE FROM cms_addresses');
-            $conn->executeUpdate('DELETE FROM cms_phonenumbers');
-            $conn->executeUpdate('DELETE FROM cms_articles');
-            $conn->executeUpdate('DELETE FROM cms_users');
+            $conn->executeUpdate('DROP TABLE cms_users_groups');
+            $conn->executeUpdate('DROP TABLE cms_groups');
+            $conn->executeUpdate('DROP TABLE cms_addresses');
+            $conn->executeUpdate('DROP TABLE cms_phonenumbers');
+            $conn->executeUpdate('DROP TABLE cms_articles');
+            $conn->executeUpdate('DROP TABLE cms_users');
         }
+        
         if (isset($this->_usedModelSets['ecommerce'])) {
-            $conn->executeUpdate('DELETE FROM ecommerce_carts_products');
-            $conn->executeUpdate('DELETE FROM ecommerce_products_categories');
-            $conn->executeUpdate('DELETE FROM ecommerce_products_related');
-            $conn->executeUpdate('DELETE FROM ecommerce_carts');
-            $conn->executeUpdate('DELETE FROM ecommerce_customers');
-            $conn->executeUpdate('DELETE FROM ecommerce_features');
-            $conn->executeUpdate('DELETE FROM ecommerce_products');
-            $conn->executeUpdate('DELETE FROM ecommerce_shippings');
+            $conn->executeUpdate('DROP TABLE ecommerce_carts_products');
+            $conn->executeUpdate('DROP TABLE ecommerce_products_categories');
+            $conn->executeUpdate('DROP TABLE ecommerce_products_related');
+            $conn->executeUpdate('DROP TABLE ecommerce_carts');
+            $conn->executeUpdate('DROP TABLE ecommerce_customers');
+            $conn->executeUpdate('DROP TABLE ecommerce_features');
+            $conn->executeUpdate('DROP TABLE ecommerce_products');
+            $conn->executeUpdate('DROP TABLE ecommerce_shippings');
             $conn->executeUpdate('UPDATE ecommerce_categories SET parent_id = NULL');
-            $conn->executeUpdate('DELETE FROM ecommerce_categories');
+            $conn->executeUpdate('DROP TABLE ecommerce_categories');
         }
+        
         if (isset($this->_usedModelSets['company'])) {
-            $conn->executeUpdate('DELETE FROM company_persons_friends');
-            $conn->executeUpdate('DELETE FROM company_managers');
-            $conn->executeUpdate('DELETE FROM company_employees');
+            $conn->executeUpdate('DROP TABLE company_persons_friends');
+            $conn->executeUpdate('DROP TABLE company_managers');
+            $conn->executeUpdate('DROP TABLE company_employees');
             $conn->executeUpdate('UPDATE company_persons SET spouse_id = NULL');
-            $conn->executeUpdate('DELETE FROM company_persons');
-            $conn->executeUpdate('DELETE FROM company_raffles');
-            $conn->executeUpdate('DELETE FROM company_auctions');
-            $conn->executeUpdate('DELETE FROM company_events');
-            $conn->executeUpdate('DELETE FROM company_organizations');
+            $conn->executeUpdate('DROP TABLE company_persons');
+            $conn->executeUpdate('DROP TABLE company_raffles');
+            $conn->executeUpdate('DROP TABLE company_auctions');
+            $conn->executeUpdate('DROP TABLE company_events');
+            $conn->executeUpdate('DROP TABLE company_organizations');
         }
+        
         if (isset($this->_usedModelSets['generic'])) {
-            $conn->executeUpdate('DELETE FROM date_time_model');
+            $conn->executeUpdate('DROP TABLE date_time_model');
         }
+        
         $this->_em->clear();
     }
 
@@ -121,25 +126,31 @@ class OrmFunctionalTestCase extends OrmTestCase
             if ( ! isset(self::$_sharedConn)) {
                 self::$_sharedConn = TestUtil::getConnection();
             }
+            
             $this->sharedFixture['conn'] = self::$_sharedConn;
+            
             if ($this->sharedFixture['conn']->getDriver() instanceof \Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\PDOSqlite\Driver) {
                 $forceCreateTables = true;
             }
         }
+        
         if ( ! $this->_em) {
             $this->_em = $this->_getEntityManager();
             $this->_schemaTool = new \Doctrine\ORM\Tools\SchemaTool($this->_em);
         }
 
         $classes = array();
+        
         foreach ($this->_usedModelSets as $setName => $bool) {
             if ( ! isset(self::$_tablesCreated[$setName])/* || $forceCreateTables*/) {
                 foreach (self::$_modelSets[$setName] as $className) {
                     $classes[] = $this->_em->getClassMetadata($className);
                 }
+                
                 self::$_tablesCreated[$setName] = true;
             }
         }
+        
         if ($classes) {
             $this->_schemaTool->createSchema($classes);
         }
@@ -159,9 +170,11 @@ class OrmFunctionalTestCase extends OrmTestCase
         if (is_null(self::$_metadataCacheImpl)) {
             self::$_metadataCacheImpl = new \Doctrine\Common\Cache\ArrayCache;
         }
+        
         if (is_null(self::$_queryCacheImpl)) {
         	self::$_queryCacheImpl = new \Doctrine\Common\Cache\ArrayCache;
         }
+        
         //FIXME: two different configs! $conn and the created entity manager have
         // different configs.
         $config = new \Doctrine\ORM\Configuration();