diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 3abf4e7c..81aab881 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.2.1 (2012-10-31 09:50:32) stable
+Version 2.2.1 (2012-10-31 09:52:38) stable
diff --git a/gluon/sqlhtml.py b/gluon/sqlhtml.py
index a2aa12ae..a42a0aab 100644
--- a/gluon/sqlhtml.py
+++ b/gluon/sqlhtml.py
@@ -2550,7 +2550,7 @@ class SQLTABLE(TABLE):
                 (tablename, fieldname) = colname.split('.')
                 try:
                     field = sqlrows.db[tablename][fieldname]
-                except KeyError:
+                except (KeyError, AttributeError):
                     field = None
                 if tablename in record \
                         and isinstance(record, Row) \