diff --git a/dspace/etc/clean-database.sql b/dspace/etc/clean-database.sql
index 5df29e226b..9d0c4939f5 100644
--- a/dspace/etc/clean-database.sql
+++ b/dspace/etc/clean-database.sql
@@ -134,4 +134,4 @@ DROP SEQUENCE versionhistory_seq;
 DROP SEQUENCE versionitem_seq;
 
 -- Drop the getnextid() function
-DROP FUNCTION getnextid(VARCHAR(40));
+DROP FUNCTION getnextid;
diff --git a/dspace/etc/oracle/ORACLE_README.txt b/dspace/etc/oracle/ORACLE_README.txt
index 93be5aaceb..a9434fa0df 100644
--- a/dspace/etc/oracle/ORACLE_README.txt
+++ b/dspace/etc/oracle/ORACLE_README.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ browse code - LIMIT and OFFSET is used to limit browse results, and an
 Oracle-hack is used to limit the result set to a given size
 
 Oracle has no boolean data type, so a new schema file was created that
-uses INTEGERs and code is inserted everywhere to use 0 for false
+uses NUMBER(1) (AKA 'integers') and code is inserted everywhere to use 0 for false
 and 1 for true if the db.name is Oracle
 
 Oracle doesn't have a TEXT data type either, so TEXT columns are defined
diff --git a/dspace/etc/oracle/database_schema.sql b/dspace/etc/oracle/database_schema.sql
index f8ed1ceb76..16239f014c 100644
--- a/dspace/etc/oracle/database_schema.sql
+++ b/dspace/etc/oracle/database_schema.sql
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ CREATE SEQUENCE harvested_item_seq;
 CREATE SEQUENCE versionitem_seq;
 CREATE SEQUENCE versionhistory_seq;
 CREATE SEQUENCE webapp_seq;
+CREATE SEQUENCE requestitem_seq;
 
 -------------------------------------------------------
 -- BitstreamFormatRegistry table
@@ -772,8 +773,26 @@ CREATE TABLE versionitem
 CREATE TABLE Webapp
 (
     webapp_id INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
-    AppName VARCHAR(32),
-    URL VARCHAR,
+    AppName VARCHAR2(32),
+    URL VARCHAR2(1000),
     Started TIMESTAMP,
-    isUI INTEGER
+    isUI NUMBER(1)
 );
+
+CREATE TABLE requestitem
+(
+  requestitem_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
+  token varchar(48),
+  item_id INTEGER,
+  bitstream_id INTEGER,
+  allfiles NUMBER(1),
+  request_email VARCHAR2(64),
+  request_name VARCHAR2(64),
+  request_date TIMESTAMP,
+  accept_request NUMBER(1),
+  decision_date TIMESTAMP,
+  expires TIMESTAMP,
+  CONSTRAINT requestitem_pkey PRIMARY KEY (requestitem_id),
+  CONSTRAINT requestitem_token_key UNIQUE (token)
+);
+
diff --git a/dspace/etc/oracle/database_schema_3-4.sql b/dspace/etc/oracle/database_schema_3-4.sql
index affaba6c84..0ac9523a9c 100644
--- a/dspace/etc/oracle/database_schema_3-4.sql
+++ b/dspace/etc/oracle/database_schema_3-4.sql
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 --
--- database_schema_18-3.sql
+-- database_schema_3-4.sql
 --
 -- Version: $Revision$
 --
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 --
 
 --
--- SQL commands to upgrade the database schema of a live DSpace 1.8 or 1.8.x
--- to the DSpace 3 database schema
+-- SQL commands to upgrade the database schema of a live DSpace 3.0 or 3.x
+-- to the DSpace 4 database schema
 --
 -- DUMP YOUR DATABASE FIRST. DUMP YOUR DATABASE FIRST. DUMP YOUR DATABASE FIRST. DUMP YOUR DATABASE FIRST.
 -- DUMP YOUR DATABASE FIRST. DUMP YOUR DATABASE FIRST. DUMP YOUR DATABASE FIRST. DUMP YOUR DATABASE FIRST.
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 -------------------------------------------
 -- Add support for DOIs (table and seq.) --
 -------------------------------------------
-CREATE SEQUENCE doi_seq;
 
 CREATE TABLE Doi
 (
@@ -35,6 +34,8 @@ CREATE TABLE Doi
   status           INTEGER
 );
 
+CREATE SEQUENCE doi_seq;
+
 -- index by resource id and resource type id
 CREATE INDEX doi_resource_id_type_idx ON doi(resource_id, resource_type_id);
 
@@ -42,13 +43,36 @@ CREATE INDEX doi_resource_id_type_idx ON doi(resource_id, resource_type_id);
 -- Table of running web applications for 'dspace version' --
 -------------------------------------------
 
-CREATE SEQUENCE webapp_seq;
-
 CREATE TABLE Webapp
 (
     webapp_id INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
-    AppName VARCHAR(32),
-    URL VARCHAR,
+    AppName VARCHAR2(32),
+    URL VARCHAR2,
     Started TIMESTAMP,
-    isUI INTEGER
+    isUI NUMBER(1)
 );
+
+CREATE SEQUENCE webapp_seq;
+
+-------------------------------------------------------
+-- DS-824 RequestItem table
+-------------------------------------------------------
+
+CREATE TABLE requestitem
+(
+  requestitem_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
+  token varchar(48),
+  item_id INDEX,
+  bitstream_id INTEGER,
+  allfiles NUMBER(1),
+  request_email VARCHAR2(64),
+  request_name VARCHAR2(64),
+  request_date TIMESTAMP,
+  accept_request NUMBER(1),
+  decision_date TIMESTAMP,
+  expires TIMESTAMP,
+  CONSTRAINT requestitem_pkey PRIMARY KEY (requestitem_id),
+  CONSTRAINT requestitem_token_key UNIQUE (token)
+);
+
+CREATE SEQUENCE requestitem_seq;
diff --git a/dspace/etc/postgres/database_schema.sql b/dspace/etc/postgres/database_schema.sql
index 1db01b41f1..2402a1a298 100644
--- a/dspace/etc/postgres/database_schema.sql
+++ b/dspace/etc/postgres/database_schema.sql
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ CREATE SEQUENCE harvested_item_seq;
 CREATE SEQUENCE versionitem_seq;
 CREATE SEQUENCE versionhistory_seq;
 CREATE SEQUENCE webapp_seq;
+CREATE SEQUENCE requestitem_seq;
 
 -------------------------------------------------------
 -- BitstreamFormatRegistry table
@@ -825,3 +826,20 @@ CREATE TABLE Webapp
     Started TIMESTAMP,
     isUI INTEGER
 );
+
+CREATE TABLE requestitem
+(
+  requestitem_id int4 NOT NULL,
+  token varchar(48),
+  item_id int4,
+  bitstream_id int4,
+  allfiles bool,
+  request_email varchar(64),
+  request_name varchar(64),
+  request_date timestamp,
+  accept_request bool,
+  decision_date timestamp,
+  expires timestamp,
+  CONSTRAINT requestitem_pkey PRIMARY KEY (requestitem_id),
+  CONSTRAINT requestitem_token_key UNIQUE (token)
+);