diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 16c9ba09..b0b9ab29 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.4.6-stable+timestamp.2013.05.10.08.25.20
+Version 2.4.6-stable+timestamp.2013.05.10.08.28.07
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index caee8e9f..276ba907 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -585,11 +585,15 @@ class ConnectionPool(object):
         if the connection is not active (closed by db server) it will loop
         if not self.pool_size or no active connections in pool makes a new one
         """
-        if getattr(self,'connection',None) != None:
+        if getattr(self,'connection', None) != None:
             return
         if f is None:
             f = self.connector
 
+        if not hasattr(self, "driver") or self.driver is None:
+            LOGGER.debug("Skipping connection since there's no driver")
+            return
+
         if not self.pool_size:
             self.connection = f()
             self.cursor = cursor and self.connection.cursor()