test cases to describe the MySQL boolean behavior.

activerecord/test/cases/adapters/mysql2/boolean_test.rb

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+require "cases/helper"
+
+class Mysql2BooleanTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
+  self.use_transactional_fixtures = false
+
+  class BooleanType < ActiveRecord::Base
+    self.table_name = "mysql_booleans"
+  end
+
+  setup do
+    @connection = ActiveRecord::Base.connection
+    @connection.create_table("mysql_booleans") do |t|
+      t.boolean "archived"
+      t.string "published", limit: 1
+    end
+    BooleanType.reset_column_information
+
+    @emulate_booleans = ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::Mysql2Adapter.emulate_booleans
+  end
+
+  teardown do
+    emulate_booleans @emulate_booleans
+    @connection.drop_table "mysql_booleans"
+  end
+
+  test "column type with emulated booleans" do
+    emulate_booleans true
+
+    assert_equal :boolean, boolean_column.type
+    assert_equal :string, string_column.type
+  end
+
+  test "column type without emulated booleans" do
+    emulate_booleans false
+
+    assert_equal :integer, boolean_column.type
+    assert_equal :string, string_column.type
+  end
+
+  test "test type casting with emulated booleans" do
+    emulate_booleans true
+
+    boolean = BooleanType.create!(archived: true, published: true)
+    attributes = boolean.reload.attributes_before_type_cast
+
+    assert_equal 1, attributes["archived"]
+    assert_equal "1", attributes["published"]
+
+    assert_equal "t", @connection.type_cast(true, boolean_column)
+    assert_equal "t", @connection.type_cast(true, string_column)
+  end
+
+  test "test type casting without emulated booleans" do
+    emulate_booleans false
+
+    boolean = BooleanType.create!(archived: true, published: true)
+    attributes = boolean.reload.attributes_before_type_cast
+
+    assert_equal 1, attributes["archived"]
+    assert_equal "1", attributes["published"]
+
+    assert_equal 1, @connection.type_cast(true, boolean_column)
+    assert_equal "t", @connection.type_cast(true, string_column)
+  end
+
+  test "with booleans stored as 1 and 0" do
+    @connection.execute "INSERT INTO mysql_booleans(archived, published) VALUES(1, '1')"
+    boolean = BooleanType.first
+    assert_equal true, boolean.archived
+    assert_equal "1", boolean.published
+  end
+
+  test "with booleans stored as t" do
+    @connection.execute "INSERT INTO mysql_booleans(published) VALUES('t')"
+    boolean = BooleanType.first
+    assert_equal "t", boolean.published
+  end
+
+  def boolean_column
+    BooleanType.columns.find { |c| c.name == 'archived' }
+  end
+
+  def string_column
+    BooleanType.columns.find { |c| c.name == 'published' }
+  end
+
+  def emulate_booleans(value)
+    ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::Mysql2Adapter.emulate_booleans = value
+    BooleanType.reset_column_information
+  end
+end