diff -r c0d4244e5abc -r f5027f8d2478 server/repository.py
--- a/server/repository.py	Wed Mar 20 17:58:14 2013 +0100
+++ b/server/repository.py	Tue Mar 12 12:50:05 2013 +0100
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
                       UnknownEid, AuthenticationError, ExecutionError,
                       ETypeNotSupportedBySources, MultiSourcesError,
                       BadConnectionId, Unauthorized, ValidationError,
-                      RepositoryError, UniqueTogetherError, typed_eid, onevent)
+                      RepositoryError, UniqueTogetherError, onevent)
 from cubicweb import cwvreg, schema, server
 from cubicweb.server import ShuttingDown, utils, hook, pool, querier, sources
 from cubicweb.server.session import Session, InternalSession, InternalManager
@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@
         uri)` for the entity of the given `eid`
         """
         try:
-            eid = typed_eid(eid)
+            eid = int(eid)
         except ValueError:
             raise UnknownEid(eid)
         try:
@@ -1046,7 +1046,7 @@
         rqlcache = self.querier._rql_cache
         for eid in eids:
             try:
-                etype, uri, extid, auri = etcache.pop(typed_eid(eid)) # may be a string in some cases
+                etype, uri, extid, auri = etcache.pop(int(eid)) # may be a string in some cases
                 rqlcache.pop( ('%s X WHERE X eid %s' % (etype, eid),), None)
                 extidcache.pop((extid, uri), None)
             except KeyError:
@@ -1075,7 +1075,7 @@
                     key, args[key]))
             cachekey.append(etype)
             # ensure eid is correctly typed in args
-            args[key] = typed_eid(args[key])
+            args[key] = int(args[key])
         return tuple(cachekey)
 
     def eid2extid(self, source, eid, session=None):