diff --git a/OpenSim/Data/Migration.cs b/OpenSim/Data/Migration.cs
index d23200c61f..45b44b9fe8 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Data/Migration.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Data/Migration.cs
@@ -222,6 +222,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Data
         {
             string[] names = _assem.GetManifestResourceNames();
             SortedList<int, string> migrations = new SortedList<int, string>();
+            // because life is funny if we don't
+            Array.Sort(names);
 
             foreach (string s in names)
             {
diff --git a/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/MySQLAssetData.cs b/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/MySQLAssetData.cs
index f51eee2d3a..3cda5b82c2 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/MySQLAssetData.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/MySQLAssetData.cs
@@ -125,8 +125,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Data.MySQL
                     new MySqlCommand(
                         "SELECT name, description, assetType, invType, local, temporary, data FROM assets WHERE id=?id",
                         _dbConnection.Connection);
-                MySqlParameter p = cmd.Parameters.Add("?id", MySqlDbType.Binary, 16);
-                p.Value = assetID.GetBytes();
+                cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("?id", assetID.ToString());
 
                 try
                 {
@@ -180,8 +179,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Data.MySQL
                 {
                     using (cmd)
                     {
-                        MySqlParameter p = cmd.Parameters.Add("?id", MySqlDbType.Binary, 16);
-                        p.Value = asset.FullID.GetBytes();
+                        cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("?id", asset.FullID.ToString());
                         cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("?name", asset.Name);
                         cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("?description", asset.Description);
                         cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("?assetType", asset.Type);
@@ -219,8 +217,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Data.MySQL
                     new MySqlCommand(
                         "SELECT id FROM assets WHERE id=?id",
                         _dbConnection.Connection);
-                MySqlParameter p = cmd.Parameters.Add("?id", MySqlDbType.Binary, 16);
-                p.Value = uuid.GetBytes();
+                
+                cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("?id", uuid.ToString());
 
                 try
                 {
diff --git a/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/Resources/002_AssetStore.sql b/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/Resources/002_AssetStore.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a7d7fca8c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/Resources/002_AssetStore.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+BEGIN;
+
+ALTER TABLE assets change id oldid binary(16);
+ALTER TABLE assets add id varchar(36) not null default '';
+UPDATE assets set id = concat(substr(hex(oldid),1,8),"-",substr(hex(oldid),9,4),"-",substr(hex(oldid),13,4),"-",substr(hex(oldid),17,4),"-",substr(hex(oldid),21,12));
+ALTER TABLE assets drop oldid;
+ALTER TABLE assets add constraint primary key(id);
+
+COMMIT;
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