Your problem is solved here: http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/msg/1757c6ffb7041e6c
see the copy.copy? That is the problem. It is a performance issue. Web2py could do the copy for you (so you do need to) but it would come at a penalty. We need some major refactoring of virtual fields... will work on it. On Aug 5, 2:19 am, szimszon <szims...@gmail.com> wrote: > Issue 292 is still there [normal and lazy virtual field behavior] > > http://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/detail?id=292