diff --git a/gluon/tests/test_sqlhtml.py b/gluon/tests/test_sqlhtml.py
index 3b89801b..39b3d8fc 100644
--- a/gluon/tests/test_sqlhtml.py
+++ b/gluon/tests/test_sqlhtml.py
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ class TestSQLFORM(unittest.TestCase):
         self.db = DAL(DEFAULT_URI, check_reserved=['all'])
         self.auth = Auth(self.db)
         self.auth.define_tables(username=True, signature=False)
-        self.db.define_table('t0', Field('tt'), self.auth.signature)
+        self.db.define_table('t0', Field('tt', default='web2py'), self.auth.signature)
         self.auth.enable_record_versioning(self.db)
         # Create a user
         self.db.auth_user.insert(first_name='Bart',
@@ -282,6 +282,16 @@ class TestSQLFORM(unittest.TestCase):
         form = SQLFORM(self.db.auth_user)
         self.assertEqual(form.xml(), b'<form action="#" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post"><table><tr id="auth_user_first_name__row"><td class="w2p_fl"><label class="" for="auth_user_first_name" id="auth_user_first_name__label">First name: </label></td><td class="w2p_fw"><input class="string" id="auth_user_first_name" name="first_name" type="text" value="" /></td><td class="w2p_fc"></td></tr><tr id="auth_user_last_name__row"><td class="w2p_fl"><label class="" for="auth_user_last_name" id="auth_user_last_name__label">Last name: </label></td><td class="w2p_fw"><input class="string" id="auth_user_last_name" name="last_name" type="text" value="" /></td><td class="w2p_fc"></td></tr><tr id="auth_user_email__row"><td class="w2p_fl"><label class="" for="auth_user_email" id="auth_user_email__label">E-mail: </label></td><td class="w2p_fw"><input class="string" id="auth_user_email" name="email" type="text" value="" /></td><td class="w2p_fc"></td></tr><tr id="auth_user_username__row"><td class="w2p_fl"><label class="" for="auth_user_username" id="auth_user_username__label">Username: </label></td><td class="w2p_fw"><input class="string" id="auth_user_username" name="username" type="text" value="" /></td><td class="w2p_fc"></td></tr><tr id="auth_user_password__row"><td class="w2p_fl"><label class="" for="auth_user_password" id="auth_user_password__label">Password: </label></td><td class="w2p_fw"><input class="password" id="auth_user_password" name="password" type="password" value="" /></td><td class="w2p_fc"></td></tr><tr id="submit_record__row"><td class="w2p_fl"></td><td class="w2p_fw"><input type="submit" value="Submit" /></td><td class="w2p_fc"></td></tr></table></form>')
 
+    def test_represent_SQLFORM(self):
+        self.db.t0.tt.represent = lambda value: value.capitalize()
+        self.db.t0.tt.writable = False
+        self.db.t0.tt.readable = True
+        form = SQLFORM(self.db.t0)
+        self.assertTrue(b'Web2py' in form.xml())
+        self.db.t0.tt.represent = lambda value, row: value.capitalize()
+        form = SQLFORM(self.db.t0)
+        self.assertTrue(b'Web2py' in form.xml())
+
     # def test_assert_status(self):
     #     pass