diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 39753ff6..5d5a641e 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.00.0 (2012-07-17 16:15:26) dev
+Version 2.00.0 (2012-07-17 17:11:20) dev
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index d1203c52..b652126e 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -1878,17 +1878,15 @@ class SQLiteAdapter(BaseAdapter):
         return '(%s REGEXP %s)' % (self.expand(first),
                                    self.expand(second,'string'))
 
-    def _select(self, query, fields, attributes):
+    def select(self, query, fields, attributes):
         """
         Simulate SELECT ... FOR UPDATE with BEGIN IMMEDIATE TRANSACTION.
         Note that the entire database, rather than one record, is locked
         (it will be locked eventually anyway by the following UPDATE).
         """
-        sql = super(SQLiteAdapter, self)._select(query, fields, attributes)
-        if attributes.get('for_update', False):
-            sql = 'BEGIN IMMEDIATE TRANSACTION; ' + sql
-        return sql
-
+        if attributes.get('for_update', False) and not 'cache' in attributes:
+            self.execute('BEGIN IMMEDIATE TRANSACTION;')
+        return super(SQLiteAdapter, self).select(query, fields, attributes)
 
 class SpatiaLiteAdapter(SQLiteAdapter):