diff --git a/sql/database-create.sql b/sql/database-create.sql
index 134984877c6459ae52c99a62c698819d751af538..d4914d845d213d51219ad87cd99e382de263313f 100644
--- a/sql/database-create.sql
+++ b/sql/database-create.sql
@@ -5213,11 +5213,11 @@ CREATE TABLE `vlans` (
 --
 
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `web_sessions`;
-CREATE TABLE `web_sessions` ( 
-  `session_id` varchar(128) binary NOT NULL default '', 
+CREATE TABLE `web_sessions` (
+  `session_id` varchar(128) NOT NULL default '', 
   `session_expires` datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
-  `session_data` text, 
-  PRIMARY KEY  (`session_id`) 
+  `session_data` text,
+  PRIMARY KEY  (`session_id`)
 ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
 
 --
@@ -5225,15 +5225,15 @@ CREATE TABLE `web_sessions` (
 --
 
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `web_tasks`;
-CREATE TABLE `web_tasks` ( 
-  `task_id` varchar(128) binary NOT NULL default '', 
+CREATE TABLE `web_tasks` (
+  `task_id` varchar(128) NOT NULL default '',
   `created` datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
   `modified` datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
   `exited` datetime default NULL,
   `process_id` int(11) default '0',
   `object_uuid` varchar(40) NOT NULL default '',
   `exitcode` tinyint(3) default '0',
-  `task_data` text, 
+  `task_data` text,
   PRIMARY KEY  (`task_id`),
   KEY `object_uuid` (`object_uuid`)
 ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
diff --git a/sql/updates/4/393 b/sql/updates/4/393
index 3bf561cde3ccf96ecaac29097ab76a9b03afe748..e1f3cb2af0b38d9bb019969ee51ce06a79f99f96 100644
--- a/sql/updates/4/393
+++ b/sql/updates/4/393
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ sub DoUpdate($$$)
     }
     if (!DBTableExists("web_sessions")) {
 	DBQueryFatal("CREATE TABLE `web_sessions` ( ".
-		     " `session_id` varchar(128) binary NOT NULL default '', ".
+		     " `session_id` varchar(128) NOT NULL default '', ".
 		     " `session_expires` datetime NOT NULL ".
 		     "          default '0000-00-00 00:00:00', ".
 		     " `session_data` text, ".
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ sub DoUpdate($$$)
     }
     if (!DBTableExists("web_tasks")) {
 	DBQueryFatal("CREATE TABLE `web_tasks` ( ".
-		     " `task_id` varchar(128) binary NOT NULL default '', ".
+		     " `task_id` varchar(128) NOT NULL default '', ".
 		     " `created` datetime NOT NULL ".
 		     "             default '0000-00-00 00:00:00', ".
 		     " `modified` datetime NOT NULL ".