diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index fbc2a46b..db3cc7ff 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.0.8 (2012-09-11 09:25:06) stable
+Version 2.0.8 (2012-09-11 09:26:57) stable
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index eea0f9a6..89cae33f 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -7479,7 +7479,8 @@ class Table(object):
                         and fn is True:
                     fn = field.uploadfield = '%s_blob' % field.name
                 if isinstance(fn,str) and not fn in uploadfields:
-                    fields.append(Field(fn,'blob',default=''))
+                    fields.append(Field(fn,'blob',default='',
+                                        writable=False,readable=False))
 
         lower_fieldnames = set()
         reserved = dir(Table) + ['fields']