diff --git a/lib/WeBWorK/ContentGenerator/CourseAdmin.pm b/lib/WeBWorK/ContentGenerator/CourseAdmin.pm
index 63e14daf58..479930a4dc 100644
--- a/lib/WeBWorK/ContentGenerator/CourseAdmin.pm
+++ b/lib/WeBWorK/ContentGenerator/CourseAdmin.pm
@@ -2808,7 +2808,11 @@ sub formatReportOnDatabaseTables ($c, $dbStatus, $courseID = undef) {
 											"$courseID.$table.fix_type_fieldIDs" => $key,
 											class                                => 'form-check-input'
 										),
-										$c->maketext('Change type of field when upgrading')
+										$c->maketext(
+											'Change type of field from [_1] to [_2] when upgrading',
+											$fieldInfo{$key}[1],
+											$fieldInfo{$key}[2]
+										)
 									)->join('')
 								)
 							)
diff --git a/lib/WeBWorK/Utils/CourseDBIntegrityCheck.pm b/lib/WeBWorK/Utils/CourseDBIntegrityCheck.pm
index 44d3e3b1e4..deb786ee9d 100644
--- a/lib/WeBWorK/Utils/CourseDBIntegrityCheck.pm
+++ b/lib/WeBWorK/Utils/CourseDBIntegrityCheck.pm
@@ -234,10 +234,10 @@ sub checkTableFields {
 		} else {
 			my $data_type = $database_fields{$field_name}[1];
 			$data_type =~ s/\(\d*\)$// if $data_type =~ /^(big|small)?int\(\d*\)$/;
-			$data_type = lc($data_type);
-			my $schema_data_type = lc($db->{$table}{record}->FIELD_DATA->{$field_name}{type} =~ s/ .*$//r);
+			$data_type = uc($data_type);
+			my $schema_data_type = uc($db->{$table}{record}->FIELD_DATA->{$field_name}{type} =~ s/ .*$//r);
 			if ($data_type ne $schema_data_type) {
-				$fieldStatus{$field_name} = [DIFFER_IN_A_AND_B];
+				$fieldStatus{$field_name} = [ DIFFER_IN_A_AND_B, $data_type, $schema_data_type ];
 				$fields_ok = 0;
 			}
 		}