diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index ad5f7731..b6093104 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 1.99.4 (2012-01-21 17:32:51) stable
+Version 1.99.4 (2012-01-22 16:08:57) stable
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index 3445d3b7..a0ddefa6 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -1901,6 +1901,13 @@ class PostgreSQLAdapter(BaseAdapter):
     def RANDOM(self):
         return 'RANDOM()'
 
+    def ADD(self, first, second):
+        t = first.type
+        if t in ('text','string','password','upload','blob'):
+            return '(%s || %s)' % (self.expand(first), self.expand(second, t))
+        else:
+            return '(%s + %s)' % (self.expand(first), self.expand(second, t))
+
     def distributed_transaction_begin(self,key):
         return