--- a/utils.py	Thu Sep 17 15:52:46 2009 +0200
+++ b/utils.py	Tue Sep 22 12:11:12 2009 +0200
@@ -10,15 +10,18 @@
 from logilab.mtconverter import xml_escape
 
 import locale
+import sys
+import decimal
+import datetime as pydatetime
 from md5 import md5
-import sys
-import datetime as pydatetime
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta, date
 from time import time, mktime
 from random import randint, seed
 from calendar import monthrange
 import decimal
 
+import simplejson
+
 # initialize random seed from current time
 seed()
 try:
@@ -116,7 +119,10 @@
 else:
     from uuid import uuid4
     def make_uid(key):
-        return str(key) + str(uuid4())
+        # remove dash, generated uid are used as identifier sometimes (sql table
+        # names at least)
+        return str(key) + str(uuid4()).replace('-', '')
+
 
 def dump_class(cls, clsname):
     """create copy of a class by creating an empty class inheriting