diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 3918e707..e786178e 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.00.0 (2012-08-21 17:41:57) dev
+Version 2.00.0 (2012-08-21 18:20:02) dev
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index 1b503353..a8d9c296 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -6281,7 +6281,8 @@ class Row(dict):
     this is only used to store a Row
     """
 
-    def __init__(self):
+    def __init__(self,*args,**kwargs):
+        dict.__init__(self,*args,**kwargs)
         self.__dict__ = self
 
     def __getitem__(self, key):