diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 2d19921c..297b599c 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.8.2-stable+timestamp.2014.01.04.20.18.32
+Version 2.8.2-stable+timestamp.2014.01.05.21.36.38
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index 24f7e405..2ac4c8b6 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -8454,9 +8454,8 @@ def index():
             # reduce the column info down to just the field names
             fields = colnames or [f[0] for f in columns]
             if len(fields) != len(set(fields)):
-                raise RuntimeError(
-                    "Result set includes duplicate column names."
-                    "Specify unique column names using the 'colnames' argument")
+                raise RuntimeError("Result set includes duplicate column names. Specify unique column names using the 'colnames' argument")
+
             # will hold our finished resultset in a list
             data = adapter._fetchall()
             # convert the list for each row into a dictionary so it's