diff --git a/bin/addons/base/base_update.xml b/bin/addons/base/base_update.xml
index 8af8d8667b2..ea596c2084e 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/base_update.xml
+++ b/bin/addons/base/base_update.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
                 <form string="Users">
                     <field name="password" password="True" readonly="0"/>
                     <label colspan="4" string="Please note that you will have to logout and relog if you change your password."/>
-                    <field name="company"/>
+                    <field name="company_id" widget="selection"/>
                     <field name="context_lang" completion="1" readonly="0"/>
                     <field name="context_tz" completion="1" readonly="0" colspan="4"/>
                     <newline/>
diff --git a/bin/addons/base/ir/ir.xml b/bin/addons/base/ir/ir.xml
index ea4273950a0..80ad8284a42 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/ir/ir.xml
+++ b/bin/addons/base/ir/ir.xml
@@ -1128,8 +1128,8 @@
             <field name="type">form</field>
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
                 <form string="Record rules">
-                    <field name="model_id"/>
-                    <field name="global"/>
+                    <field name="model_id" select="1"/>
+                    <field name="global" select="1"/>
                     <field colspan="4" name="name"/>
                     <group col="6" colspan="4" expand="1">
                         <field colspan="6" name="rules" nolabel="1"/>
diff --git a/bin/addons/base/res/partner/partner_view.xml b/bin/addons/base/res/partner/partner_view.xml
index 83701960cf9..ad241faf8c1 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/res/partner/partner_view.xml
+++ b/bin/addons/base/res/partner/partner_view.xml
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@
                     <field name="function"/>
                     <newline/>
                       <group string="Postal Address" colspan="2" col="2">
-                        <field name="type" select="2" />
                         <field name="street" select="2"/>
                         <field name="street2"/>
                         <field name="zip" select="2"/>
@@ -105,6 +104,7 @@
                         <field name="state_id" select="2"/>
                       </group>
                       <group string="Communication" colspan="2" col="2">
+                        <field name="type" select="2" />
                         <field name="phone"/>
                         <field name="fax"/>
                         <field name="mobile" select="2"/>
@@ -255,12 +255,14 @@
                         <page string="General">
                             <field colspan="4" mode="form,tree" name="address" nolabel="1" select="1" height="260">
                                 <form string="Partner Contacts">
-                                    <field name="name" select="2"/>
-                                    <field domain="[('domain', '=', 'contact')]" name="title" string="Type"/>
-                                    <field name="function"/>
+                                    <group colspan="2" col="4">
+                                        <field name="name" select="2"/>
+                                        <field domain="[('domain', '=', 'contact')]" name="title" string="Type"/>
+                                        <field name="function"/>
+                                        <field name="type" select="2" colspan="4"/>
+                                    </group>
                                     <newline/>
                                       <group string="Postal Address" colspan="2" col="4">
-                                        <field name="type" select="2" colspan="4"/>
                                         <field name="street" select="2" colspan="4"/>
                                         <field name="street2" colspan="4"/>
                                         <field name="zip" select="2"/>
diff --git a/bin/addons/base/res/res_user.py b/bin/addons/base/res/res_user.py
index d6b7cd6eec0..d55d1621097 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/res/res_user.py
+++ b/bin/addons/base/res/res_user.py
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class users(osv.osv):
         'groups_id': fields.many2many('res.groups', 'res_groups_users_rel', 'uid', 'gid', 'Groups'),
         'roles_id': fields.many2many('res.roles', 'res_roles_users_rel', 'uid', 'rid', 'Roles'),
         'rules_id': fields.many2many('ir.rule.group', 'user_rule_group_rel', 'user_id', 'rule_group_id', 'Rules'),
-        'company_id': fields.many2one('res.company', 'Company'),
+        'company_id': fields.many2one('res.company', 'Company', help="The company this user is currently working on."),
         'company_ids':fields.many2many('res.company','res_company_users_rel','user_id','cid','Accepted Companies'),        
         'context_lang': fields.selection(_lang_get, 'Language', required=True),
         'context_tz': fields.selection(_tz_get,  'Timezone', size=64),
diff --git a/bin/osv/orm.py b/bin/osv/orm.py
index 882cd24de97..459a3753b63 100644
--- a/bin/osv/orm.py
+++ b/bin/osv/orm.py
@@ -2317,7 +2317,7 @@ class orm(orm_template):
         if isinstance(ids, (int, long)):
             select = [ids]
         else:
-            select = map(int,ids)
+            select = ids
 
         select = map(lambda x: isinstance(x,dict) and x['id'] or x, select)
         result = self._read_flat(cr, user, select, fields, context, load)