diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 5f367555..ef04d69a 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.0.9 (2012-09-30 07:26:14) dev
+Version 2.0.9 (2012-09-30 07:30:01) dev
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index ef9df5c3..e46a0fc0 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -6577,7 +6577,7 @@ class DAL(object):
         if 'singleton_code' in kwargs:
             singleton_code = kwargs['singleton_code']
             del kwargs['singleton_code']
-        singleton_code = hashlib.md5(uri).hexdigest()
+        singleton_code = hashlib.md5(repr(uri)).hexdigest()
         try:
             db = thread_local.db_instances[singleton_code]
             if args or kwargs: