diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 1d68e3e2..5c529d15 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.8.2-stable+timestamp.2014.01.03.21.30.13
+Version 2.8.2-stable+timestamp.2014.01.03.21.59.04
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index 8e56b0c2..2013155b 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -8453,6 +8453,9 @@ def index():
             columns = adapter.cursor.description
             # 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(
+                    "as_dict=True not supported if ambiguous column names")
             # will hold our finished resultset in a list
             data = adapter._fetchall()
             # convert the list for each row into a dictionary so it's