--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/javax/sql/rowset/serial/SerialRef.java	Thu Sep 30 14:49:14 2010 +0100
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/javax/sql/rowset/serial/SerialRef.java	Fri Oct 01 14:36:01 2010 -0400
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2003, 2004, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2003, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
             throw new SQLException("Cannot instantiate a SerialRef object " +
                 "that returns a null base type name");
         } else {
-            baseTypeName = new String(ref.getBaseTypeName());
+            baseTypeName = ref.getBaseTypeName();
         }
     }