diff --git a/cake/libs/model/datasources/dbo/dbo_postgres.php b/cake/libs/model/datasources/dbo/dbo_postgres.php
index ed32e74446b..9d1558e3371 100644
--- a/cake/libs/model/datasources/dbo/dbo_postgres.php
+++ b/cake/libs/model/datasources/dbo/dbo_postgres.php
@@ -265,6 +265,9 @@ function &describe(&$model) {
 							$this->_sequenceMap[$table][$c['name']] = $seq[1];
 						}
 					}
+					if ($fields[$c['name']]['type'] == 'boolean' && !empty($fields[$c['name']]['default'])) {
+						$fields[$c['name']]['default'] = constant($fields[$c['name']]['default']);
+					}
 				}
 			}
 			$this->__cacheDescription($table, $fields);
diff --git a/cake/libs/model/model.php b/cake/libs/model/model.php
index 190a3660cfc..8906676fdf1 100644
--- a/cake/libs/model/model.php
+++ b/cake/libs/model/model.php
@@ -1086,11 +1086,11 @@ function create($data = array(), $filterKey = false) {
 
 		if ($data !== null && $data !== false) {
 			foreach ($this->schema() as $field => $properties) {
-				if ($this->primaryKey !== $field && isset($properties['default'])) {
+				if ($this->primaryKey !== $field && isset($properties['default']) && $properties['default'] !== '') {
 					$defaults[$field] = $properties['default'];
 				}
 			}
-			$this->set(Set::filter($defaults));
+			$this->set($defaults);
 			$this->set($data);
 		}
 		if ($filterKey) {
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/datasources/dbo/dbo_postgres.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/datasources/dbo/dbo_postgres.test.php
index 33ed58df5d1..d9c6d023cda 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/datasources/dbo/dbo_postgres.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/datasources/dbo/dbo_postgres.test.php
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ class DboPostgresTest extends CakeTestCase {
  */
 	var $fixtures = array('core.user', 'core.binary_test', 'core.comment', 'core.article',
 		'core.tag', 'core.articles_tag', 'core.attachment', 'core.person', 'core.post', 'core.author',
+		'core.datatype',
 	);
 /**
  * Actual DB connection used in testing
@@ -437,6 +438,17 @@ function testBooleanNormalization() {
 		$this->assertFalse($this->db2->boolean(''));
 	}
 
+/**
+ * test that default -> false in schemas works correctly.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	function testBooleanDefaultFalseInSchema() {
+		$model = new Model(array('name' => 'Datatype', 'table' => 'datatypes', 'ds' => 'test_suite'));
+		$model->create();
+		$this->assertIdentical(false, $model->data['Datatype']['bool']);
+	}
+
 /**
  * testLastInsertIdMultipleInsert method
  *
@@ -446,23 +458,15 @@ function testBooleanNormalization() {
 	function testLastInsertIdMultipleInsert() {
 		$db1 = ConnectionManager::getDataSource('test_suite');
 
-		if (PHP5) {
-			$db2 = clone $db1;
-		} else {
-			$db2 = $db1;
-		}
-
-		$db2->connect();
-		$this->assertNotEqual($db1->connection, $db2->connection);
-
 		$table = $db1->fullTableName('users', false);
 		$password = '5f4dcc3b5aa765d61d8327deb882cf99';
 		$db1->execute(
 			"INSERT INTO {$table} (\"user\", password) VALUES ('mariano', '{$password}')"
 		);
-		$db2->execute("INSERT INTO {$table} (\"user\", password) VALUES ('hoge', '{$password}')");
 		$this->assertEqual($db1->lastInsertId($table), 1);
-		$this->assertEqual($db2->lastInsertId($table), 2);
+
+		$db1->execute("INSERT INTO {$table} (\"user\", password) VALUES ('hoge', '{$password}')");
+		$this->assertEqual($db1->lastInsertId($table), 2);
 	}
 
 /**
@@ -582,7 +586,7 @@ function testCakeSchema() {
 		$db1 =& ConnectionManager::getDataSource('test_suite');
 		$db1->cacheSources = false;
 		$db1->reconnect(array('persistent' => false));
-		$db1->query('CREATE TABLE ' .  $db1->fullTableName('datatypes') . ' (
+		$db1->query('CREATE TABLE ' .  $db1->fullTableName('datatype_tests') . ' (
 			id serial NOT NULL,
 			"varchar" character varying(40) NOT NULL,
 			"full_length" character varying NOT NULL,
@@ -590,31 +594,30 @@ function testCakeSchema() {
 			date date,
 			CONSTRAINT test_suite_data_types_pkey PRIMARY KEY (id)
 		)');
-		$model = new Model(array('name' => 'Datatype', 'ds' => 'test_suite'));
+		$model = new Model(array('name' => 'DatatypeTest', 'ds' => 'test_suite'));
 		$schema = new CakeSchema(array('connection' => 'test_suite'));
 		$result = $schema->read(array(
 			'connection' => 'test_suite',
-			'models' => array('Datatype')
 		));
-		$schema->tables = array('datatypes' => $result['tables']['datatypes']);
-		$result = $db1->createSchema($schema, 'datatypes');
+		$schema->tables = array('datatype_tests' => $result['tables']['missing']['datatype_tests']);
+		$result = $db1->createSchema($schema, 'datatype_tests');
 
 		$this->assertNoPattern('/timestamp DEFAULT/', $result);
 		$this->assertPattern('/\"full_length\"\s*text\s.*,/', $result);
 		$this->assertPattern('/timestamp\s*,/', $result);
 
-		$db1->query('DROP TABLE ' . $db1->fullTableName('datatypes'));
+		$db1->query('DROP TABLE ' . $db1->fullTableName('datatype_tests'));
 
 		$db1->query($result);
 		$result2 = $schema->read(array(
 			'connection' => 'test_suite',
-			'models' => array('Datatype')
+			'models' => array('DatatypeTest')
 		));
-		$schema->tables = array('datatypes' => $result2['tables']['datatypes']);
-		$result2 = $db1->createSchema($schema, 'datatypes');
+		$schema->tables = array('datatype_tests' => $result2['tables']['missing']['datatype_tests']);
+		$result2 = $db1->createSchema($schema, 'datatype_tests');
 		$this->assertEqual($result, $result2);
 
-		$db1->query('DROP TABLE ' . $db1->fullTableName('datatypes'));
+		$db1->query('DROP TABLE ' . $db1->fullTableName('datatype_tests'));
 	}
 
 /**
diff --git a/cake/tests/fixtures/datatype_fixture.php b/cake/tests/fixtures/datatype_fixture.php
index 7df574b27a8..a12335cd371 100644
--- a/cake/tests/fixtures/datatype_fixture.php
+++ b/cake/tests/fixtures/datatype_fixture.php
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ class DatatypeFixture extends CakeTestFixture {
 	var $fields = array(
 		'id' => array('type' => 'integer', 'null'=> false, 'default'=> 0, 'key' => 'primary'),
 		'float_field' => array('type' => 'float', 'length' => '5,2', 'null' => false, 'default' => null),
+		'bool' => array('type' => 'boolean', 'null' => false, 'default' => false),
 	);
 
 /**
@@ -52,6 +53,6 @@ class DatatypeFixture extends CakeTestFixture {
  * @access public
  */
 	var $records = array(
-		array('id' => 1, 'float_field' => 42.23),
+		array('id' => 1, 'float_field' => 42.23, 'bool' => false),
 	);
 }