diff --git a/mod/forum/db/mysql.sql b/mod/forum/db/mysql.sql
index 3227e42dd29..1c67e847cce 100644
--- a/mod/forum/db/mysql.sql
+++ b/mod/forum/db/mysql.sql
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ CREATE TABLE forum (
   type enum('single','news','general','social','eachuser','teacher') NOT NULL default 'general',
   name varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
   intro text NOT NULL,
-  opendiscuss tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL default '1',
-  openpost tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL default '1',
+  open tinyint(2) unsigned NOT NULL default '2',
   assessed tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
   forcesubscribe tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
   timemodified int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',