diff --git a/src/Simple/_SimpleAccess.py b/src/Simple/_SimpleAccess.py
index c47acd21b..9114bc5ae 100644
--- a/src/Simple/_SimpleAccess.py
+++ b/src/Simple/_SimpleAccess.py
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ class SimpleAccess(object):
         @return: list of events in the database
         @rtype: list
         """
-        return self.__all_objects(self.dbase.get_events_cursor, 
+        return self.__all_objects(self.dbase.get_event_cursor, 
                                   self.dbase.get_event_from_handle)
 
     def all_sources(self):
diff --git a/src/Simple/_SimpleTable.py b/src/Simple/_SimpleTable.py
index f129e75fe..4501ec3a7 100644
--- a/src/Simple/_SimpleTable.py
+++ b/src/Simple/_SimpleTable.py
@@ -268,8 +268,7 @@ class SimpleTable(object):
                 retval.append(item[0])
                 link = (item[1], item[2:])
             else:
-                raise AttributeError, ("unknown object type: '%s': %s" % 
-                                       (item, type(item)))
+                retval.append(str(item))
         self.__link.append(link)
         self.__rows.append(retval)