diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index a8c9732b..3ab99c29 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.8.2-stable+timestamp.2014.01.06.10.55.29
+Version 2.8.2-stable+timestamp.2014.01.07.02.13.10
diff --git a/gluon/sqlhtml.py b/gluon/sqlhtml.py
index 2a417c78..9bc86c4e 100644
--- a/gluon/sqlhtml.py
+++ b/gluon/sqlhtml.py
@@ -3204,7 +3204,8 @@ class ExporterHTML(ExportClass):
ExportClass.__init__(self, rows)
def export(self):
- return '\n\n\n\n\n%s\n\n' % (self.rows.xml() or '')
+ xml = self.rows.xml() if self.rows else ''
+ return '\n\n\n\n\n%s\n\n' % (xml or '')
class ExporterXML(ExportClass):
label = 'XML'