diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 3ba35bcf..45d8fe86 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.4.1-alpha.2+timestamp.2013.01.18.09.08.52
+Version 2.4.1-alpha.2+timestamp.2013.01.18.09.13.47
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index b686d6f5..72a135fe 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -2570,12 +2570,18 @@ class PostgreSQLAdapter(BaseAdapter):
 
 
     def LIKE(self,first,second):
-        return '(%s LIKE %s)' % (self.expand(first),
-                                 self.expand(second,'string'))
+        args = (self.expand(first), self.expand(second,'string'))
+        if not first.type in ('string', 'text', 'json'):
+            return '(CAST(%s AS CHAR) LIKE %s)' % args
+        else:
+            return '(%s LIKE %s)' % args
 
     def ILIKE(self,first,second):
-        return '(%s ILIKE %s)' % (self.expand(first),
-                                  self.expand(second,'string'))
+        args = (self.expand(first), self.expand(second,'string'))
+        if not first.type in ('string', 'text', 'json'):
+            return '(CAST(%s AS CHAR) ILIKE %s)' % args
+        else:
+            return '(%s ILIKE %s)' % args
 
     def REGEXP(self,first,second):
         return '(%s ~ %s)' % (self.expand(first),