diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/BlobBinding.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/BlobBinding.java
index 1aa5c469f2..462b49a264 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/BlobBinding.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/BlobBinding.java
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ package org.jooq.impl;
 
 import static org.jooq.impl.DefaultExecuteContext.localConnection;
 import static org.jooq.impl.DefaultExecuteContext.localTargetConnection;
-import static org.jooq.tools.reflect.Reflect.on;
 
 import java.sql.Blob;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
@@ -53,9 +52,9 @@ import org.jooq.BindingRegisterContext;
 import org.jooq.BindingSQLContext;
 import org.jooq.BindingSetSQLOutputContext;
 import org.jooq.BindingSetStatementContext;
-import org.jooq.Configuration;
 import org.jooq.Converter;
 import org.jooq.Converters;
+import org.jooq.ResourceManagingScope;
 import org.jooq.tools.jdbc.JDBCUtils;
 
 // ...
@@ -93,12 +92,12 @@ public class BlobBinding implements Binding<byte[], byte[]> {
 
     @Override
     public final void set(BindingSetStatementContext<byte[]> ctx) throws SQLException {
-        ctx.statement().setBlob(ctx.index(), ctx.autoFree(newBlob(ctx.configuration(), ctx.value())));
+        ctx.statement().setBlob(ctx.index(), newBlob(ctx, ctx.value()));
     }
 
     @Override
     public final void set(BindingSetSQLOutputContext<byte[]> ctx) throws SQLException {
-        ctx.output().writeBlob(ctx.autoFree(newBlob(ctx.configuration(), ctx.value())));
+        ctx.output().writeBlob(newBlob(ctx, ctx.value()));
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -137,10 +136,12 @@ public class BlobBinding implements Binding<byte[], byte[]> {
         }
     }
 
-    private final Blob newBlob(Configuration configuration, byte[] bytes) throws SQLException {
+    static final Blob newBlob(ResourceManagingScope scope, byte[] bytes) throws SQLException {
         Blob blob;
 
-        switch (configuration.family()) {
+        switch (scope.dialect()) {
+
+
 
 
 
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ public class BlobBinding implements Binding<byte[], byte[]> {
             }
         }
 
+        scope.autoFree(blob);
         blob.setBytes(1, bytes);
         return blob;
     }
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ClobBinding.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ClobBinding.java
index 6d734d9178..f12dad0ae7 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ClobBinding.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ClobBinding.java
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ package org.jooq.impl;
 
 import static org.jooq.impl.DefaultExecuteContext.localConnection;
 import static org.jooq.impl.DefaultExecuteContext.localTargetConnection;
-import static org.jooq.tools.reflect.Reflect.on;
 
 import java.sql.Clob;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
@@ -53,9 +52,9 @@ import org.jooq.BindingRegisterContext;
 import org.jooq.BindingSQLContext;
 import org.jooq.BindingSetSQLOutputContext;
 import org.jooq.BindingSetStatementContext;
-import org.jooq.Configuration;
 import org.jooq.Converter;
 import org.jooq.Converters;
+import org.jooq.ResourceManagingScope;
 import org.jooq.tools.jdbc.JDBCUtils;
 
 // ...
@@ -93,12 +92,12 @@ public class ClobBinding implements Binding<String, String> {
 
     @Override
     public final void set(BindingSetStatementContext<String> ctx) throws SQLException {
-        ctx.statement().setClob(ctx.index(), ctx.autoFree(newClob(ctx.configuration(), ctx.value())));
+        ctx.statement().setClob(ctx.index(), newClob(ctx, ctx.value()));
     }
 
     @Override
     public final void set(BindingSetSQLOutputContext<String> ctx) throws SQLException {
-        ctx.output().writeClob(ctx.autoFree(newClob(ctx.configuration(), ctx.value())));
+        ctx.output().writeClob(newClob(ctx, ctx.value()));
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -137,10 +136,12 @@ public class ClobBinding implements Binding<String, String> {
         }
     }
 
-    private final Clob newClob(Configuration configuration, String string) throws SQLException {
+    static final Clob newClob(ResourceManagingScope scope, String string) throws SQLException {
         Clob clob;
 
-        switch (configuration.family()) {
+        switch (scope.dialect()) {
+
+
 
 
 
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ public class ClobBinding implements Binding<String, String> {
             }
         }
 
+        scope.autoFree(clob);
         clob.setString(1, string);
         return clob;
     }
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultBinding.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultBinding.java
index 270bab114a..aaee6fc68b 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultBinding.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultBinding.java
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ import org.jooq.tools.jdbc.JDBCUtils;
 import org.jooq.tools.jdbc.MockArray;
 import org.jooq.tools.jdbc.MockResultSet;
 import org.jooq.tools.reflect.Reflect;
-import org.jooq.tools.reflect.ReflectException;
 import org.jooq.types.DayToSecond;
 import org.jooq.types.UByte;
 import org.jooq.types.UInteger;
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d43deffa78..7e05bca552 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
         <!-- JDBC drivers for jOOQ-xyz-extensions modules and vendor-specific API access -->
         <postgres.version>42.2.19</postgres.version>
-        <sqlserver.version>9.2.1.jre11</sqlserver.version>
+        <sqlserver.version>9.2.1.jre8</sqlserver.version>
         <oracle.version>21.1.0.0</oracle.version>
 
         <!-- From JDK 11 onwards, we need to depend on the JAXB API explicitly -->