diff --git a/cake/console/libs/tasks/model.php b/cake/console/libs/tasks/model.php
index 779d088f843..2d75be9ba62 100644
--- a/cake/console/libs/tasks/model.php
+++ b/cake/console/libs/tasks/model.php
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ function __interactive() {
 		if (count($connections) > 1) {
 			$useDbConfig = $this->in(__('Use Database Config', true) .':', $connections, 'default');
 		}
+		$this->useDbConfig = $useDbConfig;
 
 		$currentModelName = $this->getName($useDbConfig);
 		$db =& ConnectionManager::getDataSource($useDbConfig);
@@ -843,7 +844,7 @@ function fixture($model, $useTable = null) {
 			$out .= "\tvar \$table = '$useTable';\n";
 		}
 		$schema = new CakeSchema();
-		$data = $schema->read(array('models' => false));
+		$data = $schema->read(array('models' => false, 'connection' => $this->useDbConfig));
 
 		if (!isset($data['tables'][$useTable])) {
 			return false;
@@ -865,6 +866,7 @@ function fixture($model, $useTable = null) {
 							$col = "\t\t'{$field}' => array('type'=>'" . $value['type'] . "', ";
 
 							switch ($value['type']) {
+								case 'float':
 								case 'integer':
 									$insert = 1;
 								break;
@@ -898,7 +900,7 @@ function fixture($model, $useTable = null) {
 									$insert .= "feugiat in taciti enim proin nibh, tempor dignissim, rhoncus duis vestibulum nunc mattis convallis.'";
 								break;
 							}
-							$records[] = "\t\t'$field'  => $insert";
+							$records[] = "\t\t'$field' => $insert";
 							unset($value['type']);
 							$col .= join(', ',  $schema->__values($value));
 						} else {
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/console/libs/tasks/model.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/console/libs/tasks/model.test.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b273b69cc64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/console/libs/tasks/model.test.php
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+<?php
+/* SVN FILE: $Id$ */
+/**
+ * ModelTaskTest file
+ *
+ * Test Case for test generation shell task
+ *
+ * PHP versions 4 and 5
+ *
+ * CakePHP :  Rapid Development Framework (http://www.cakephp.org)
+ * Copyright 2006-2009, Cake Software Foundation, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under The MIT License
+ * Redistributions of files must retain the above copyright notice.
+ *
+ * @filesource
+ * @copyright     Copyright 2006-2009, Cake Software Foundation, Inc.
+ * @link          http://www.cakefoundation.org/projects/info/cakephp CakePHP Project
+ * @package       cake
+ * @subpackage    cake.tests.cases.console.libs.tasks
+ * @since         CakePHP v 1.2.6
+ * @license       http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php The MIT License
+ */
+App::import('Core', 'Shell');
+
+if (!defined('DISABLE_AUTO_DISPATCH')) {
+	define('DISABLE_AUTO_DISPATCH', true);
+}
+
+if (!class_exists('ShellDispatcher')) {
+	ob_start();
+	$argv = false;
+	require CAKE . 'console' .  DS . 'cake.php';
+	ob_end_clean();
+}
+
+if (!class_exists('TestTask')) {
+	require CAKE . 'console' .  DS . 'libs' . DS . 'tasks' . DS . 'model.php';
+}
+
+Mock::generatePartial(
+	'ShellDispatcher', 'TestModelTaskMockShellDispatcher',
+	array('getInput', 'stdout', 'stderr', '_stop', '_initEnvironment')
+);
+Mock::generatePartial(
+	'ModelTask', 'MockModelTask',
+	array('in', 'out', 'createFile')
+);
+/**
+ * ModelTaskTest class
+ *
+ * @package       cake
+ * @subpackage    cake.tests.cases.console.libs.tasks
+ */
+class ModelTaskTest extends CakeTestCase {
+	var $fixtures = array('core.datatype');
+/**
+ * setUp method
+ *
+ * @return void
+ * @access public
+ */
+	function setUp() {
+		$this->Dispatcher =& new TestModelTaskMockShellDispatcher();
+		$this->Task =& new MockModelTask($this->Dispatcher);
+		$this->Task->Dispatch =& $this->Dispatcher;
+	}
+/**
+ * tearDown method
+ *
+ * @return void
+ * @access public
+ */
+	function tearDown() {
+		ClassRegistry::flush();
+	}
+/**
+ * test fixture generation with floats
+ *
+ * @return void
+ **/
+	function testFixtureGeneration() {
+		$this->Task->useDbConfig = 'test_suite';
+		$this->Task->setReturnValue('createFile', true);
+		$result = $this->Task->fixture('Datatype');
+		$this->assertPattern('/float_field\' => 1/', $result);
+		
+	}
+}
+?>
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