diff --git a/gluon/sqlhtml.py b/gluon/sqlhtml.py
index a0f19d64..9ddc34d6 100644
--- a/gluon/sqlhtml.py
+++ b/gluon/sqlhtml.py
@@ -3560,8 +3560,8 @@ class ExporterHTML(ExportClass):
         ExportClass.__init__(self, rows)
 
     def export(self):
-        xml = self.rows.xml() if self.rows else ''
-        return '<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />\n</head>\n<body>\n%s\n</body>\n</html>' % (xml or '')
+        table = SQLTABLE(self.rows, truncate=None) if self.rows else ''
+        return '<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />\n</head>\n<body>\n%s\n</body>\n</html>' % (table or '')
 
 
 class ExporterXML(ExportClass):
