From 5347bd03f1b71631b28e01d07a1d522eaf521950 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mdipierro <massimo.dipierro@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2012 17:39:17 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] possibly fixed issue 1169

---
 VERSION        | 2 +-
 gluon/tools.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 8c0445b0..75c304c4 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.2.1 (2012-12-03 17:10:38) stable
+Version 2.2.1 (2012-12-03 17:38:35) stable
diff --git a/gluon/tools.py b/gluon/tools.py
index 814f3d37..b7462d2f 100644
--- a/gluon/tools.py
+++ b/gluon/tools.py
@@ -1693,7 +1693,7 @@ class Auth(object):
             user_id = None  # user unknown
         vars = vars or {}
         self.table_event().insert(
-            description=description % vars,
+            description=str(description % vars),
             origin=origin, user_id=user_id)
 
     def get_or_create_user(self, keys, update_fields=['email']):