diff --git a/OpenSim/Data/MSSQL/MSSQLRegionData.cs b/OpenSim/Data/MSSQL/MSSQLRegionData.cs
index 5ab29ff5a9..2388207ee2 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Data/MSSQL/MSSQLRegionData.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Data/MSSQL/MSSQLRegionData.cs
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Data.MSSQL
 
             //Migration settings
             _Database.CheckMigration(_migrationStore);
-
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -124,10 +123,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Data.MSSQL
                         else
                             sceneObjectPart.Shape = BuildShape(reader);
 
-                        sceneObjectPart.FolderID = sceneObjectPart.UUID; // A relic from when we
-                        // we thought prims contained
-                        // folder objects. In
-                        // reality, prim == folder
+                        // A relic from when we we thought that prims contained folder objects. In 
+                        // reality, prim == folder                        
+                        sceneObjectPart.FolderID = sceneObjectPart.UUID; 
                         sceneObjectParts.Add(sceneObjectPart);
 
                         UUID groupID = new UUID(reader["SceneGroupID"].ToString());
@@ -138,6 +136,20 @@ namespace OpenSim.Data.MSSQL
                                 sceneObjectGroups.Add(grp);
 
                             lastGroupID = groupID;
+                            
+                            // There sometimes exist OpenSim bugs that 'orphan groups' so that none of the prims are
+                            // recorded as the root prim (for which the UUID must equal the persisted group UUID).  In
+                            // this case, force the UUID to be the same as the group UUID so that at least these can be
+                            // deleted (we need to change the UUID so that any other prims in the linkset can also be 
+                            // deleted).
+                            if (sceneObjectPart.UUID != groupID && groupID != UUID.Zero)
+                            {
+                                _Log.WarnFormat(
+                                    "[REGION DB]: Found root prim {0} {1} at {2} where group was actually {3}.  Forcing UUID to group UUID", 
+                                    sceneObjectPart.Name, sceneObjectPart.UUID, sceneObjectPart.GroupPosition, groupID);
+
+                                sceneObjectPart.UUID = groupID;
+                            }                               
 
                             grp = new SceneObjectGroup(sceneObjectPart);
                         }
@@ -162,10 +174,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Data.MSSQL
             //Load the inventory off all sceneobjects within the region
             LoadItems(sceneObjectParts);
 
-            _Log.DebugFormat("[DATABASE] Loaded {0} objects using {1} prims", sceneObjectGroups.Count, sceneObjectParts.Count);
+            _Log.DebugFormat("[REGION DB]: Loaded {0} objects using {1} prims", sceneObjectGroups.Count, sceneObjectParts.Count);
 
             return sceneObjectGroups;
-
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -216,7 +227,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Data.MSSQL
         /// <param name="regionUUID"></param>
         public void StoreObject(SceneObjectGroup obj, UUID regionUUID)
         {
-            _Log.InfoFormat("[REGION DB]: Adding/Changing SceneObjectGroup: {0} to region: {1}, object has {2} prims.", obj.UUID, regionUUID, obj.Children.Count);
+            _Log.InfoFormat("[MSSQL]: Adding/Changing SceneObjectGroup: {0} to region: {1}, object has {2} prims.", obj.UUID, regionUUID, obj.Children.Count);
 
             using (SqlConnection conn = _Database.DatabaseConnection())
             {
@@ -404,7 +415,7 @@ ELSE
         /// <param name="regionUUID">regionUUID (is this used anyway</param>
         public void RemoveObject(UUID objectID, UUID regionUUID)
         {
-            _Log.InfoFormat("[REGION DB]: Removing obj: {0} from region: {1}", objectID, regionUUID);
+            _Log.InfoFormat("[MSSQL]: Removing obj: {0} from region: {1}", objectID, regionUUID);
 
             //Remove from prims and primsitem table
             string sqlPrims = string.Format("DELETE FROM PRIMS WHERE SceneGroupID = '{0}'", objectID);
@@ -1482,9 +1493,7 @@ VALUES
 
             return parameters.ToArray();
         }
-
-    
-
+        
         #endregion
 
         #endregion
diff --git a/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/MySQLRegionData.cs b/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/MySQLRegionData.cs
index a06dbb36c0..e1ddb54717 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/MySQLRegionData.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/MySQLRegionData.cs
@@ -455,6 +455,20 @@ namespace OpenSim.Data.MySQL
                                 objects.Add(grp);
 
                             lastGroupID = groupID;
+                            
+                            // There sometimes exist OpenSim bugs that 'orphan groups' so that none of the prims are
+                            // recorded as the root prim (for which the UUID must equal the persisted group UUID).  In
+                            // this case, force the UUID to be the same as the group UUID so that at least these can be
+                            // deleted (we need to change the UUID so that any other prims in the linkset can also be 
+                            // deleted).
+                            if (prim.UUID != groupID && groupID != UUID.Zero)
+                            {
+                                m_log.WarnFormat(
+                                    "[REGION DB]: Found root prim {0} {1} at {2} where group was actually {3}.  Forcing UUID to group UUID", 
+                                    prim.Name, prim.UUID, prim.GroupPosition, groupID);
+                                
+                                prim.UUID = groupID;
+                            }                            
 
                             grp = new SceneObjectGroup(prim);
                         }
@@ -484,7 +498,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Data.MySQL
             foreach (SceneObjectPart part in prims)
                 LoadItems(part);
 
-            m_log.DebugFormat("[DATABASE] Loaded {0} objects using {1} prims", objects.Count, prims.Count);
+            m_log.DebugFormat("[REGION DB]: Loaded {0} objects using {1} prims", objects.Count, prims.Count);
 
             return objects;
         }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Data/SQLite/SQLiteRegionData.cs b/OpenSim/Data/SQLite/SQLiteRegionData.cs
index fce98a224b..306dcb8fa7 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Data/SQLite/SQLiteRegionData.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Data/SQLite/SQLiteRegionData.cs
@@ -419,6 +419,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Data.SQLite
 
                         string uuid = (string) primRow["UUID"];
                         string objID = (string) primRow["SceneGroupID"];
+                        
                         if (uuid == objID) //is new SceneObjectGroup ?
                         {
                             SceneObjectGroup group = new SceneObjectGroup();
@@ -451,6 +452,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Data.SQLite
                         }
                     }
                 }
+                
                 // Now fill the groups with part data
                 foreach (DataRow primRow in primsForRegion)
                 {
@@ -470,10 +472,11 @@ namespace OpenSim.Data.SQLite
                             }
                             else
                             {
-                                m_log.Info(
+                                m_log.Warn(
                                     "[REGION DB]: No shape found for prim in storage, so setting default box shape");
                                 prim.Shape = PrimitiveBaseShape.Default;
                             }
+                            
                             createdObjects[new UUID(objID)].AddPart(prim);
                             LoadItems(prim);
                         }