diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index cc99b4f2..2217dbc7 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 1.99.3 (2011-11-23 17:29:51) dev
+Version 1.99.3 (2011-11-23 23:04:18) dev
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index eb53ead3..ab172e0d 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -5591,8 +5591,9 @@ class Field(Expression):
             dest_file = open(pathfilename, 'wb')
             try:
                 shutil.copyfileobj(file, dest_file)
-            finally:
-                dest_file.close()
+            except IOError:
+                raise IOError, 'Unable to store file "%s" because invalid permissions, readonly file system, or filename too long' % pathfilename
+            dest_file.close()
         return newfilename
 
     def retrieve(self, name, path=None):