Below is a very simple batch class but it is failing as soon as it starts to execute.

global class batchTest implements Database.Batchable<SObject>{

global database.querylocator start(Database.BatchableContext bc){
return Database.getQueryLocator('select Id, Name from Account where Name = \'batchTesting\'');
}

global void execute(Database.BatchableContext bc, sObject[] objects){
List<Account> accns = new List<Account>();
for(sObject s : objects){
Account a = (Account)s;
a.Description = 'batch testing. blah blah blah. ' + system.now();
accns.add(a);
}
update accns;
}

global void finish(Database.BatchableContext bc){
system.debug('all done.');
}
}

Here is the error:

Apex script unhandled exception by user/organization: 00550000000wOce/00DQ00000009Pxq Source organization: 00D00000000hXqv (null) Failed to process batch for class 'batchTest'

Debug Log:
20090930224059.163:External entry point: returning Database.QueryLocator from method global Database.QueryLocator start(Database.BatchableContext) in 0 ms
20090930224059.163:Class.batchTest.start: line 4, column 16: SOQL locator query with 10001 rows finished in 183 ms

Does anybody see anything glaringly wrong? I've basically copy and pasted this from the Developer Guide. One thing that seems wrong is that it says the query locator returns 10001 records, it should be 30,000.

I am trying to initiate this from the debug log with the following code:

batchTest job = new batchTest();
ID batchprocessid = Database.executeBatch(job);
system.debug(batchprocessid);

I'm not sure if this makes a difference, but worth noting.

Thanks,

Jason