diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 1918e953..5c09e0eb 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.2.1 (2012-10-29 18:11:45) stable
+Version 2.2.1 (2012-10-29 18:13:39) stable
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index f783092d..e458d677 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ if PYTHON_VERSION == 2:
     bytes, unicode = str, unicode
 else:
     import pickle
-    from io import StringIO as StringIO    
+    from io import StringIO as StringIO
     import copyreg
     long = int
     hashlib_md5 = lambda s: hashlib.md5(bytes(s,'utf8'))
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ REGEX_STORE_PATTERN = re.compile('\.(?P<e>\w{1,5})$')
 REGEX_QUOTES = re.compile("'[^']*'")
 REGEX_ALPHANUMERIC = re.compile('^[0-9a-zA-Z]\w*$')
 REGEX_PASSWORD = re.compile('\://([^:@]*)\:')
+REGEX_NOPASSWD = re.compile('(?<=\:)([^:@/]+)(?=@.+)')
 
 # list of drivers will be built on the fly
 # and lists only what is available
@@ -2106,7 +2107,7 @@ class SQLiteAdapter(BaseAdapter):
                     dbpath = pjoin(
                         self.folder.decode(path_encoding).encode('utf8'), dbpath)
                 else:
-                    dbpath = pjoin(self.folder, dbpath)                        
+                    dbpath = pjoin(self.folder, dbpath)
         if not 'check_same_thread' in driver_args:
             driver_args['check_same_thread'] = False
         if not 'detect_types' in driver_args:
@@ -6661,6 +6662,35 @@ class DAL(object):
         """
         BaseAdapter.set_folder(folder)
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_instances():
+        """
+        Returns a dictionary with uri as key with timings and defined tables
+        {'sqlite://storage.sqlite': {
+            'dbstats': [(select auth_user.email from auth_user, 0.02009)],
+            'dbtables': {
+                'defined': ['auth_cas', 'auth_event', 'auth_group',
+                    'auth_membership', 'auth_permission', 'auth_user'],
+                'lazy': '[]'
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        """
+        dbs = getattr(THREAD_LOCAL,'db_instances',{}).items()
+        infos = {}
+        for db_uid, db_group in dbs:
+            for db in db_group:
+                if not db._uri:
+                    continue
+                k = REGEX_NOPASSWD.sub('******',db._uri)
+                infos[k] = dict(dbstats = [(row[0], row[1]) for row in db._timings],
+                                dbtables = {'defined':
+                                    sorted(list(set(db.tables) -
+                                                set(db._LAZY_TABLES.keys()))),
+                               'lazy': sorted(db._LAZY_TABLES.keys())}
+                                 )
+        return infos
+
     @staticmethod
     def distributed_transaction_begin(*instances):
         if not instances:
diff --git a/gluon/globals.py b/gluon/globals.py
index a015db93..60cc86a6 100644
--- a/gluon/globals.py
+++ b/gluon/globals.py
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ except ImportError:
     have_minify = False
 
 regex_session_id = re.compile('^([\w\-]+/)?[\w\-\.]+$')
-regex_nopasswd = re.compile('(?<=\:)([^:@/]+)(?=@.+)')
 
 __all__ = ['Request', 'Response', 'Session']
 
@@ -127,7 +126,10 @@ class Request(Storage):
         If request comes in over HTTP, redirect it to HTTPS
         and secure the session.
         """
-        if not global_settings.cronjob and not self.is_https:
+        cmd_opts = global_settings.cmd_options
+        #checking if this is called within the scheduler or within the shell
+        #in addition to checking if it's not a cronjob
+        if not cmd_opts.shell and not cmd_opts.scheduler and not global_settings.cronjob and not self.is_https:
             current.session.forget()
             redirect(URL(scheme='https', args=self.args, vars=self.vars))
 
@@ -434,24 +436,16 @@ class Response(Storage):
         BUTTON = TAG.button
         admin = URL("admin", "default", "design",
                     args=current.request.application)
-        from gluon.dal import THREAD_LOCAL
-        dbs = getattr(THREAD_LOCAL,'db_instances',{}).items()
+        from gluon.dal import DAL
         dbstats = []
         dbtables = {}
-        for db_uid, db_group in dbs:
-            for db in db_group:
-                if not db._uri:
-                    continue
-                k = regex_nopasswd.sub('******',db._uri)
-                dbstats.append(TABLE(*[TR(PRE(row[0]),'%.2fms' %
-                                          (row[1]*1000)) \
-                                           for row in db._timings]))
-                dbtables[k] = {'defined':
-                               sorted(list(set(db.tables) -
-                                           set(db._LAZY_TABLES.keys()))) or
-                               '[no defined tables]',
-                               'lazy': sorted(db._LAZY_TABLES.keys()) or
-                               '[no lazy tables]'}
+        infos = DAL.get_instances()
+        for k,v in infos.iteritems():
+            dbstats.append(TABLE(*[TR(PRE(row[0]),'%.2fms' %
+                                          (row[1]*1000))
+                                           for row in v['dbstats']]))
+            dbtables[k] = dict(defined=v['dbtables']['defined'] or '[no defined tables]',
+                               lazy=v['dbtables']['lazy'] or '[no lazy tables]')
         u = web2py_uuid()
         backtotop = A('Back to top', _href="#totop-%s" % u)
         return DIV(
@@ -509,7 +503,7 @@ class Session(Storage):
             request = current.request
         if response is None:
             response = current.response
-        if separate == True:
+        if separate is True:
             separate = lambda session_name: session_name[-2:]
         self._unlock(response)
         if not masterapp: