diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 63357aac..fdae0e0e 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 1.99.4 (2012-01-16 21:37:31) stable
+Version 1.99.4 (2012-01-16 21:39:52) stable
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index 19b967ab..e35adff9 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -2120,8 +2120,8 @@ class OracleAdapter(BaseAdapter):
         self.execute("ALTER SESSION SET NLS_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT = 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS';")
     oracle_fix = re.compile("[^']*('[^']*'[^']*)*\:(?P<clob>CLOB\('([^']+|'')*'\))")
 
-    def execute(self, command):
-        args = []
+    def execute(self, command, args=None):
+        args = args or []
         i = 1
         while True:
             m = self.oracle_fix.match(command)