diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index d1747118..665274b2 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.00.0 (2012-08-24 09:53:17) dev
+Version 2.00.0 (2012-08-24 10:04:14) dev
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index 62d1ca80..d29fa676 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -1317,7 +1317,7 @@ class BaseAdapter(ConnectionPool):
                     tablename,fieldname = item.split('.')
                     new_fields.append(self.db[tablename][fieldname])
                 else:
-                    new_fields.append(Expression(self.db,item))
+                    new_fields.append(Expression(self.db,lambda:item))
             else:
                 new_fields.append(item)
         # ## if no fields specified take them all from the requested tables