diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index b2511829d..c54d66879 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import DBMS_DIRECTORY_NAME
 from lib.core.enums import OS
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.2.9.33"
+VERSION = "1.2.9.34"
 TYPE = "dev" if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] != '0' else "stable"
 TYPE_COLORS = {"dev": 33, "stable": 90, "pip": 34}
 VERSION_STRING = "sqlmap/%s#%s" % ('.'.join(VERSION.split('.')[:-1]) if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] == '0' else VERSION, TYPE)
diff --git a/lib/utils/pivotdumptable.py b/lib/utils/pivotdumptable.py
index 231214cae..0ced0b62c 100644
--- a/lib/utils/pivotdumptable.py
+++ b/lib/utils/pivotdumptable.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from extra.safe2bin.safe2bin import safechardecode
 from lib.core.agent import agent
 from lib.core.bigarray import BigArray
 from lib.core.common import Backend
+from lib.core.common import getSafeExString
 from lib.core.common import getUnicode
 from lib.core.common import isNoneValue
 from lib.core.common import isNumPosStrValue
@@ -174,10 +175,10 @@ def pivotDumpTable(table, colList, count=None, blind=True):
         warnMsg += "will display partial output"
         logger.warn(warnMsg)
 
-    except SqlmapConnectionException, e:
-        errMsg = "connection exception detected. sqlmap "
+    except SqlmapConnectionException, ex:
+        errMsg = "connection exception detected ('%s'). sqlmap " % getSafeExString(ex)
         errMsg += "will display partial output"
-        errMsg += "'%s'" % e
+
         logger.critical(errMsg)
 
     return entries, lengths
diff --git a/txt/checksum.md5 b/txt/checksum.md5
index 7e54375c3..6cb89c704 100644
--- a/txt/checksum.md5
+++ b/txt/checksum.md5
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ c8c386d644d57c659d74542f5f57f632  lib/core/patch.py
 0c3eef46bdbf87e29a3f95f90240d192  lib/core/replication.py
 a7db43859b61569b601b97f187dd31c5  lib/core/revision.py
 fcb74fcc9577523524659ec49e2e964b  lib/core/session.py
-85acbc0a45352eeb4ebe78dbef74918b  lib/core/settings.py
+de9fa04f019f5d14db8589e1a61b3064  lib/core/settings.py
 dd68a9d02fccb4fa1428b20e15b0db5d  lib/core/shell.py
 a7edc9250d13af36ac0108f259859c19  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 248bd121e0565318e1efaff54aa427bc  lib/core/target.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ f7af65aa47329d021e2b2cc8521b42a4  lib/utils/getch.py
 d0f4d56c5d6a09a4635035e233d4a782  lib/utils/hash.py
 011d2dbf589e0faa0deca61a651239cc  lib/utils/htmlentities.py
 1e5532ede194ac9c083891c2f02bca93  lib/utils/__init__.py
-010d8327239d33af4ce9f25683cfc012  lib/utils/pivotdumptable.py
+b0105f091c2e919c3cdb549cb29fd194  lib/utils/pivotdumptable.py
 683c3bd05b6164f56a57ed495c162684  lib/utils/progress.py
 0ec5cec9d93d5ffd1eaeda6e942ecadf  lib/utils/purge.py
 2c5a655c8e94cbe2664ee497752ac1f2  lib/utils/search.py