diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 2b4d761e..0d57e382 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.00.1 (2012-08-28 14:45:03) rc4
+Version 2.00.1 (2012-08-28 14:57:17) rc4
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index 1a672c22..ee73c25e 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -1824,6 +1824,10 @@ class BaseAdapter(ConnectionPool):
                     if field.filter_out:
                         value = field.filter_out(value)
                     colset[fieldname] = value
+                                        
+                    # for backward compatibility
+                    if field.type=='id' and fieldname!='id' and not 'id' in table.fields:
+                        colset['id'] = value
 
                     if field.type == 'id' and not cacheable:
                         # temporary hack to deal with