diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index aa53d6f0..435e1d55 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 1.99.4 (2012-01-26 10:58:26) stable
+Version 1.99.4 (2012-01-26 11:06:17) stable
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index 76167408..63619b6e 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -2270,7 +2270,8 @@ class MSSQLAdapter(BaseAdapter):
             except SyntaxError, e:
                 logger.error('NdGpatch error')
                 raise e
-            cnxn = 'DSN=%s' % dsn
+            # was cnxn = 'DSN=%s' % dsn
+            cnxn = dsn
         else:
             m = re.compile('^(?P<user>[^:@]+)(\:(?P<password>[^@]*))?@(?P<host>[^\:/]+)(\:(?P<port>[0-9]+))?/(?P<db>[^\?]+)(\?(?P<urlargs>.*))?$').match(uri)
             if not m: