diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index ae05d6ee..7aa13c43 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.0.9 (2012-10-01 17:06:56) dev
+Version 2.0.9 (2012-10-01 19:15:30) dev
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index bafe2af0..8062dac4 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -6572,7 +6572,10 @@ class DAL(object):
                                     Field('fieldname2'))
     """
 
-    def __new__(cls, uri='sqlite://dummy.db', *args, **kwargs):
+    def __new__(cls, uri='sqlite://dummy.db', *args, **kwargs):        
+        if uri==None and not 'singleton_code' in kwargs:
+            # this deal with the special case of Dummy DAL for SQLFORM.factory
+            return super(DAL, cls).__new__(cls, uri, *args, **kwargs)
         if not hasattr(THREAD_LOCAL,'db_instances'):
             THREAD_LOCAL.db_instances = {}
         if 'singleton_code' in kwargs: