diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 115d9c95..5753981f 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.4.2-stable+timestamp.2013.03.08.19.22.01
+Version 2.4.2-stable+timestamp.2013.03.09.00.16.49
diff --git a/applications/examples/controllers/global.py b/applications/examples/controllers/global.py
index a186037c..f1571c4d 100644
--- a/applications/examples/controllers/global.py
+++ b/applications/examples/controllers/global.py
@@ -4,72 +4,48 @@ response.menu = [['home', False, '/%s/default/index'
                   % request.application], ['docs', True,
                  '/%s/global/vars' % request.application]]
 
-
+def get(args):
+    try:
+        obj = globals(),get(args[0])
+        for k in range(1,len(args)):        
+            obj = getattr(obj,args[k])
+        return obj
+    except:
+        return None
+            
 def vars():
     """the running controller function!"""
-
+    title = '.'.join(request.args)
+    attributes = {}
     if not request.args:
-        (
-            doc,
-            keys,
-            t,
-            c,
-            d,
-            value,
-        ) = (
-            'Global variables',
-            globals(),
-            None,
-            None,
-            (),
-            None,
-        )
-        (title, args) = ('globals()', '')
+        (doc,keys,t,c,d,value)=('Global variables',globals(),None,None,[],None)
     elif len(request.args) < 3:
-        args = '.'.join(request.args)
-        try:
-            doc = eval(args + '.__doc__')
-        except:
-            doc = 'no documentation'
-        try:
-            keys = eval('dir(%s)' % args)
-        except:
+        obj = get(request.args)
+        if obj:
+            doc = getattr(obj,'__doc__','no documentation')
+            keys = dir(obj)
+            t = type(obj)
+            c = getattr(obj,'__class__',None)
+            d = getattr(obj,'__bases__',None)
+
+            for key in keys:
+                a = getattr(obj,key,None)        
+                if a and not isinstance(a,DAL):
+                    doc1 = getattr(a, '__doc__', '')
+                    t1 = type(a)
+                    c1 = getattr(a,'__class__',None)
+                    d1 = getattr(a,'__bases__',None)
+                    key = '.'.join(request.args)+'.'+key
+                    attributes[key] = (doc1, t1, c1, d1)
+        else:
+            doc = 'Unkown'
             keys = []
-        t = eval('type(%s)' % args)
-        try:
-            c = eval('%s.__class__' % args)
-        except:
-            c = None
-        try:
-            d = eval('%s.__bases__' % args)
-        except:
-            d = None
-        title = args
-        args += '.'
+            t = c = d = None            
     else:
         raise HTTP(400)
-    attributes = {}
-    for key in keys:
-        a = args + key
-        if eval('isinstance(%s,SQLDB)' % a) or a == 'vars':
-            continue
-        try:
-            doc1 = eval(a + '.__doc__')
-        except:
-            doc1 = 'no documentation'
-        t1 = eval('type(%s)' % a)
-        try:
-            c1 = eval('%s.__class__' % a)
-        except:
-            c1 = None
-        try:
-            d1 = eval('%s.__bases__' % a)
-        except:
-            d1 = ()
-        attributes[a] = (doc1, t1, c1, d1)
     return dict(
         title=title,
-        args=args,
+        args=request.args,
         t=t,
         c=c,
         d=d,
diff --git a/applications/examples/views/global/vars.html b/applications/examples/views/global/vars.html
index 04f928b0..f0806fe6 100644
--- a/applications/examples/views/global/vars.html
+++ b/applications/examples/views/global/vars.html
@@ -2,46 +2,53 @@
 {{import cgi}}
 
 <div class="contentleft">
-    <h1>{{=T('Docs for')}} {{=title}}</h1>
-
-    <div align="right">
+  <h1>{{=T('Docs for')}} {{=title}}</h1>
+  
+  <div align="right">
     [ <a href="http://docs.python.org/tut/">Python Tutorial</a> ]
     [ <a href="http://docs.python.org/lib/">Python Libraries</a> ]
     [ <a href="/{{=request.application}}/static/epydoc/index.html">web2py epydoc</a> ]
-    </div>
-
-    <h2>{{=T('Description')}}</h2>
-
-    <br/>
-    {{if t:}}
-    {{=t}}{{if d:}} extends {{=d}}{{pass}}
-    {{pass}}
-    <br/>
-    {{pass}}
-
-    {{if doc:}}<br/><br/>{{=CODE(str(doc),language=None,counter=None,_class='boxCode')}}{{pass}}
-    <br/><br/>
-    <div class="boxInfo">
+  </div>
+  
+  <h2>{{=T('Description')}}</h2>
+  
+  <br/>
+  {{if t:}}
+  {{=t}}{{if d:}} extends {{=d}}{{pass}}
+  {{pass}}
+  <br/>
+  {{pass}}
+  
+  {{if doc:}}<br/><br/>{{=CODE(str(doc),language=None,counter=None,_class='boxCode')}}{{pass}}
+  <br/><br/>
+  <div class="boxInfo">
+    {{if attributes:}}
     <h2>{{=T('Attributes')}}</h2>
-
-    {{keys=attributes.keys(); keys.sort()}}
+    
     <table>
-    <tr><td colspan=2><hr/></td></tr>
-    {{for a in keys:}}
-    {{doc1,t1,c1,d1=attributes[a]}}
-    <tr>
-    <td><b>{{#=a}}</b>{{=A(a,_href=URL(r=request,args=a.split('.')))}}</td>
-    <td>
-    {{if t1:}}
-    {{=t1}}{{if d1:}} extends {{=d1}}{{pass}}
-    {{if c1:}} belongs to class {{=c1}}{{pass}}
-    <br/>
-    {{pass}}
-    {{if doc1:}}{{=XML(cgi.escape(str(doc1)).replace(chr(13),'<br/>'))}}{{pass}}
+      <tr><td colspan=2><hr/></td></tr>
+      {{for key in sorted(attributes):}}
+      {{doc1,t1,c1,d1=attributes[key]}}
+      <tr>
+	<td>
+	{{if key.count('.')<2:}}
+          {{=A(key,_href=URL(args=key.split('.')))}}
+	{{else:}}
+          {{=key}}
+        {{pass}}	
+	</td>
+        <td>
+	  {{if t1:}}
+	  {{=t1}}{{if d1:}} extends {{=d1}}{{pass}}
+	  {{if c1:}} belongs to class {{=c1}}{{pass}}
+	  <br/>
+	  {{pass}}
+	  {{if doc1:}}{{=XML(cgi.escape(str(doc1)).replace(chr(13),'<br/>'))}}{{pass}}
     </td>
-    </tr>
-    <tr><td colspan=2><hr/></td></tr>
-    {{pass}}
+      </tr>
+      <tr><td colspan=2><hr/></td></tr>
+      {{pass}}
     </table>
-    </div>
+  </div>
+  {{pass}}
 </div>