diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 409a0231..b7d379e1 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.9.5-trunk+timestamp.2014.08.08.00.05.49
+Version 2.9.5-trunk+timestamp.2014.08.08.00.12.19
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index 5abee708..537a7d76 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -2840,6 +2840,8 @@ class PostgreSQLAdapter(BaseAdapter):
         self._after_connection = after_connection
         self.srid = srid
         self.find_or_make_work_folder()
+        self._last_insert = None # for INSERT ... RETURNING ID
+    
         ruri = uri.split('://', 1)[1]
         m = self.REGEX_URI.match(ruri)
         if not m:
@@ -2897,6 +2899,7 @@ class PostgreSQLAdapter(BaseAdapter):
                 self._last_insert = None
                 return 'INSERT INTO %s(%s) VALUES (%s);' % (table_rname, keys, values)
         else:
+            self._last_insert
             return self._insert_empty(table)
 
     def lastrowid(self, table=None):
diff --git a/gluon/tools.py b/gluon/tools.py
index 4eecfcdd..b4670ad9 100644
--- a/gluon/tools.py
+++ b/gluon/tools.py
@@ -2177,15 +2177,14 @@ class Auth(object):
         elif not fields.get(settings.userfield):
             raise ValueError("register_bare: " +
                              "userfield not provided or invalid")
-        fields[settings.passfield
-            ] = settings.table_user[settings.passfield].validate(
-                    fields[settings.passfield])[0]
-        user = self.get_or_create_user(fields, login=False,
-                   get=False,
-                   update_fields=self.settings.update_fields)
+        fields[settings.passfield] = \
+            settings.table_user[settings.passfield].validate(
+            fields[settings.passfield])[0]
+        user = self.get_or_create_user(
+            fields, login=False, get=False,
+            update_fields=self.settings.update_fields)
         if not user:
-            # get or create did not create a user (it ignores
-            # duplicate records)
+            # get or create did not create a user (it ignores duplicate records)
             return False
         return user