diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 4f0d04a4..46cdf1f3 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 1.99.4 (2012-02-03 11:29:23) stable
+Version 1.99.4 (2012-02-03 11:31:35) stable
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index cfe46e01..6af3be1e 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -6552,8 +6552,8 @@ class Table(dict):
         elif str(key).isdigit():
             if key == 0:
                 self.insert(**self._filter_fields(value))
-            elif not self._db(self._id == key)\
-                    .update(**self._filter_fields(value)):
+            elif self._db(self._id == key)\
+                    .update(**self._filter_fields(value)) is None:
                 raise SyntaxError, 'No such record: %s' % key
         else:
             if isinstance(key, dict):