diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 380df13a..383e4474 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 1.99.3 (2011-12-06 21:15:07) dev
+Version 1.99.3 (2011-12-08 08:35:52) dev
diff --git a/gluon/contrib/markmin/markmin2html.py b/gluon/contrib/markmin/markmin2html.py
index 24c97096..8aa9a8b9 100755
--- a/gluon/contrib/markmin/markmin2html.py
+++ b/gluon/contrib/markmin/markmin2html.py
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ regex_code = re.compile('('+META+')|(``(?P<t>.*?)``(:(?P<c>\w+))?)',re.S)
 regex_maps = [
     (re.compile('[ \t\r]+\n'),'\n'),
     (re.compile('[ \t\r]+\n'),'\n'),
-    (re.compile('\*\*(?P<t>[^\s\*]+( +[^\s\*]+)*)\*\*'),'<b>\g<t></b>'),
+    (re.compile('\*\*(?P<t>[^\s\*]+( +[^\s\*]+)*)\*\*'),'<strong>\g<t></strong>'),
     (re.compile("''(?P<t>[^\s']+( +[^\s']+)*)''"),'<i>\g<t></i>'),
     (re.compile('^#{6} (?P<t>[^\n]+)',re.M),'\n\n<<h6>\g<t></h6>\n'),
     (re.compile('^#{5} (?P<t>[^\n]+)',re.M),'\n\n<<h5>\g<t></h5>\n'),
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index a063bb94..0fb776d9 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -5492,8 +5492,8 @@ class SQLCustomType(object):
         self.validator = validator
         self._class = _class or type
 
-    def startswith(self, dummy=None):
-        return False
+    def startswith(self, text=None):
+        return self.type.startswith(self,text)
 
     def __getslice__(self, a=0, b=100):
         return None