diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index e5ff8014..1ac25a89 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.1.0 (2012-10-14 14:28:13) dev
+Version 2.1.0 (2012-10-14 14:41:24) dev
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index 27f428f6..702e8c2e 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -835,6 +835,9 @@ class BaseAdapter(ConnectionPool):
 
             # add to list of fields
             sql_fields[field_name] = dict(
+                length=field.length,
+                unique=field.unique,
+                notnull=field.notnull,
                 sortable=sortable,
                 type=str(field_type),
                 sql=ftype)