diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index e9e2f4e8..23539bf3 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.9.5-trunk+timestamp.2014.06.08.00.33.23
+Version 2.9.5-trunk+timestamp.2014.06.13.11.45.40
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index 4300077c..71d220a9 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -2666,6 +2666,10 @@ class MySQLAdapter(BaseAdapter):
         return '(%s REGEXP %s)' % (self.expand(first),
                                    self.expand(second, 'string'))
 
+    def CAST(self, first, second):
+        if second=='LONGTEXT': second = 'CHAR'
+        return 'CAST(%s AS %s)' % (first, second)
+
     def _drop(self, table, mode):
         # breaks db integrity but without this mysql does not drop table
         table_rname = table.sqlsafe