diff --git a/bin/addons/base/base_data.xml b/bin/addons/base/base_data.xml
index e41fccfe682..4777b7ea4f0 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/base_data.xml
+++ b/bin/addons/base/base_data.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
             <field name="view_id" ref="view_menu"/>
             <field name="res_model">ir.ui.menu</field>
             <field name="view_type">tree</field>
-            <field eval="'[(\'parent_id\',\'=\',False)]'" name="domain"/>
+            <field name="domain">[('parent_id', '=', False)]</field>
         </record>
 
         <record id="lang_en" model="res.lang">
diff --git a/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_model.py b/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_model.py
index 4d0cc16f21e..471d4d2f6d9 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_model.py
+++ b/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_model.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class ir_model(osv.osv):
             if model.state=='manual':
                 if not model.model.startswith('x_'):
                     return False
-            if not re.match('^[a-z_A-Z0-9]+$',model.model):
+            if not re.match('^[a-z_A-Z0-9.]+$',model.model):
                 return False
         return True
 
diff --git a/bin/osv/fields.py b/bin/osv/fields.py
index 544bd9b3fee..e0da8d38945 100644
--- a/bin/osv/fields.py
+++ b/bin/osv/fields.py
@@ -602,6 +602,9 @@ class function(_column):
         if store:
             self._classic_read = True
             self._classic_write = True
+            if type=='binary':
+                self._symbol_get=lambda x:x and str(x)
+
         if type == 'float':
             self._symbol_c = float._symbol_c
             self._symbol_f = float._symbol_f