diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 513a6ef6..968fa96d 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.1.0 (2012-10-14 15:55:41) dev
+Version 2.1.0 (2012-10-14 16:40:34) dev
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index a0c38767..31e068c6 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -6801,7 +6801,12 @@ class DAL(object):
             try:
                 sql_fields = cPickle.load(tfile)
                 name = filename[len(pattern)-7:-6]
-                mf = [(value['sortable'],Field(key,type=value['type'])) \
+                mf = [(value['sortable'],
+                       Field(key,
+                             type=value['type'],
+                             length=value.get('length',None),
+                             notnull=value.get('notnull',False),
+                             unique=value.get('unique',False))) \
                           for key, value in sql_fields.iteritems()]
                 mf.sort(lambda a,b: cmp(a[0],b[0]))
                 self.define_table(name,*[item[1] for item in mf],