diff --git a/OpenSim/Data/MSSQL/MSSQLInventoryData.cs b/OpenSim/Data/MSSQL/MSSQLInventoryData.cs
index 0c1c3f1838..128fb8fb03 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Data/MSSQL/MSSQLInventoryData.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Data/MSSQL/MSSQLInventoryData.cs
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Data.MSSQL
                 item.CreationDate = (int) reader["creationDate"];
                 item.GroupID = new LLUUID(reader["groupID"].ToString());
                 item.GroupOwned = Convert.ToBoolean(reader["groupOwned"]);
-                item.Flags = (uint) reader["flags"];
+                item.Flags = Convert.ToUInt32(reader["flags"]);
 
                 return item;
             }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Data/MSSQL/Resources/CreateItemsTable.sql b/OpenSim/Data/MSSQL/Resources/CreateItemsTable.sql
index 6f6bb43b61..7a76d476c8 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Data/MSSQL/Resources/CreateItemsTable.sql
+++ b/OpenSim/Data/MSSQL/Resources/CreateItemsTable.sql
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ CREATE TABLE [inventoryitems] (
   [saleType] [tinyint] default NULL,
   [creationDate] [int] default NULL,
   [groupID] [varchar](36) default NULL,
-  [groupOwned] [tinyint] default NULL,
+  [groupOwned] [bit] default NULL,
   [flags] [int] unsigned default NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
 (
@@ -43,3 +43,4 @@ CREATE NONCLUSTERED INDEX [folder] ON [inventoryitems]
 
 SET ANSI_PADDING OFF
 
+