diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 3ea3d0a0..3798cc07 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.8.2-stable+timestamp.2013.12.08.08.24.55
+Version 2.8.2-stable+timestamp.2013.12.08.09.32.29
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index 63f76304..b3dc64c3 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -2714,6 +2714,10 @@ class MySQLAdapter(BaseAdapter):
         self.execute('select last_insert_id();')
         return int(self.cursor.fetchone()[0])
 
+    def select_limitby(self, sql_s, sql_f, sql_t, sql_w, sql_o, limitby):
+        return BaseAdapter.select_limitby(
+            self, sql_s, sql_f, '(%s)' % sql_t, sql_w, sql_o, limitby)
+
 
 class PostgreSQLAdapter(BaseAdapter):
     drivers = ('psycopg2','pg8000')